The odd thing about a student-success course is that its content is about the very activity you are performing while you study it. Power Learning and Your Life, 3rd Canadian Edition by Robert S. Feldman organizes that content around a five-step process — Prepare, Organize, Work, Evaluate, Rethink — and applies it to time, reading, notes, memory, writing and money. Because every strategy sounds sensible, students often skim, and then discover the assessment wants the specific step, the named technique and the research reason behind it rather than a general endorsement of good habits.
Why this test bank helps
Agreeing that a strategy is a good idea earns nothing; identifying which stage of the process it belongs to, and why it works, is what the questions ask. Every item in this set is followed by a written rationale that names the technique and the principle behind it — why spacing beats cramming, why a recall cue beats rereading, why an evaluation step has to come before the rethink step — so the framework becomes something you can apply instead of something you can only recognize.
What’s inside
- Questions arranged chapter by chapter, so each topic in the course has a matching block of practice.
- Multiple choice, true/false and short-answer items, including applied questions about realistic student situations.
- A written rationale under every question, naming the strategy and the step of the framework it belongs to.
- Coverage of the practical chapters — money, health, technology and career planning — that are easy to skip and often examined.
- One organized PDF, downloadable as soon as checkout completes.
Topics covered
- The P.O.W.E.R. framework — preparing, organizing, working, evaluating and rethinking, and how the steps apply to any task.
- Time management — goal setting, master and weekly schedules, prioritizing and the causes of procrastination.
- Reading and note-taking — active reading strategies, annotation, lecture notes and rewriting notes for recall.
- Memory — encoding and retrieval, spacing and distributed practice, mnemonics, and why rereading feels effective but is not.
- Test preparation — study plans, self-testing, item types and managing test anxiety.
- Writing and research — planning a paper, finding and evaluating sources, drafting, revising and citing responsibly.
- Critical thinking and technology — evaluating arguments, problem-solving strategies and using digital tools and information critically.
- Student life — money management, health, stress, relationships, diversity on campus and career planning.
Who it’s for
Students in a first-year experience, student success, college skills or learning strategies course using this Canadian edition — entering undergraduates, mature and returning students, and college and university transition programs where the book is the assigned text.
How to use it (the right way)
Read the chapter and try its exercises on your own timetable and notes before you test yourself; the course is about behavior, and questions on behavior are much clearer once you have attempted the behavior. Work a block closed-book, then read every rationale, including for items you answered correctly. This is a study aid. Use it in line with your institution’s academic-integrity policy — as preparation and self-testing, never as a substitute for the coursework or as material taken into a graded assessment.
Sample question (shows the format — your download contains the full set)
Q. Two students each spend six hours reviewing a chapter. One works straight through on the night before the quiz; the other works one hour on each of six days. Research on memory predicts that:
- A. Both will remember the material equally well, since the total time is the same
- B. The student who spaced the sessions will retain more over the longer term
- C. The single long session is superior because it avoids forgetting between sessions
- D. Neither approach affects retention, which depends only on interest in the topic
Answer: B. Distributed practice produces stronger and more durable retention than the same amount of massed practice, because each spaced session requires effortful retrieval after partial forgetting. A treats total study time as the only variable and ignores how the time is arranged. C misreads the between-session forgetting, which is what makes the later retrievals effortful and therefore useful. D dismisses a well-supported effect of scheduling on memory.
Edition & format
- Matches: Power Learning and Your Life, 3rd Canadian Edition, by Robert S. Feldman (ISBN 9780077842178).
- Format: Digital PDF, delivered instantly after checkout.
- Access: Lifetime — re-download from your account whenever you need it.
Chapter order and numbering change between editions, and the Canadian edition differs from the US edition. Please confirm the edition and ISBN above match the book your course assigned before you buy.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the current edition? This set is prepared against the 3rd Canadian Edition specifically. If your syllabus names a different edition, choose that listing instead, because chapter coverage shifts between editions.
How do I receive it? The download appears on your order confirmation page and in your account as soon as checkout completes. Nothing is shipped and there is no waiting period.
Do all the questions include rationales? Yes. Every item carries a written explanation of the reasoning behind the answer, which is the part that turns checking into studying.
Is using a test bank allowed? As a study aid it works like any other practice resource. Follow your institution’s academic-integrity policy, and never take the material into a graded assessment.
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