Hannah Paynter English 1102019 3/12/13

Annotated Bibliography

Diana, Senechal. The Cult Of Success.American Educator 35.4 (2012): 3-13. ERIC. Web. 24 Feb. 2013. If students go through school getting good grades, proceed on to the next grades, get accepted into a university, graduate and get a job, what happens next? Diana Senechal would ask What is the larger point? In this article she goes on to explain that although success is generally seen as wealth, virtue, excellence, personal contentment, or wisdom, its meaning has flattened over time. Learning from discussions and reading education articles she states that there is far more talk of achievement than of the actual stuff that gets achieved. She writes that students should learn to put their full minds into their work and strive for accuracy. Teachers should strive to push students to their ability despite the students lack of motivation. She brings up an excellent point saying, Our successes and failures, in combination, show us who we are, whom we love, what our limits are and arent, and how our private lives meet and part. So, what is success? Senechal defines success as living ourselves out, or as Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzche says, becoming strongly and purely ourselves. I am in total agreement with this article. It has many strong points that I am able to use in my inquiry paper. Though I have pondered about success often, it seemed that I have a different outlook on what success actually means, but this article brought up many points similar to my ideas.

Wolf-Wendel, Lisa ; Ward, Kelly ; Kinzie, Jillian. A Tangled Web of Terms: The Overlap and Unique Contribution of Involvement, Engagement, and Integration to Understanding College Student Success. 2009. Web. 13 Mar. 2013 This article examines college student success and how they are facing challenges with higher education. It weighs the differences between involvement, engagement, and integration of students and the link to their success. The article brings up questions like, Can students be involved but not engaged? It goes on to investigate this more deeply. As research is done, results show that college students develop and learn the best when they devote time and energy into their education. If they persist to graduation, and involve themselves in campus activities, they are generally more successful. Who they are and what college they attend does not impact

their success. Integrated classrooms also help with the social development of students. It is important for students to be surrounded by different cultures so that they can choose which social group they fit into. Feeling connected to campus and having a community is an essential part of learning and being successful. Although this article does not define success, it has many good points about what helps students become successful, particularly in college. I can relate to several of the circumstances since I am currently in college. I think that being surrounded by groups of people of having a sense of belonging is important while learning both socially and academically. This will help my inquiry project grow because this article addresses things I have not thought of in terms of the contribution of involvement, engagement, and integration in a classroom setting. Donaldson, Joe F. ; Graham, Steven W. ; Martindill, William ; Long, Shawna ; Bradley, Shane. Adult Undergraduate Students: How Do They Define Success?. 1999. Web. 13 Mar. 2013. This article begins by talking about how students can be most successful in college. It also talks about how being involved around campus helps students grow. As the article goes on, it records research that was done when interviewing adult college students asking what success in college meant most to them. Many students answered the question saying that success in college is meeting your professors expectations. But many also said that even when you meet expectations, you have still not learned anything, making yourself somewhat unsuccessful. Another point was brought up in that success is using your past experiences to apply to the time now. Maturity and motivation were factors that were brought up when the students talked about success. I agree with many of the students responses. Success is an extremely brought term. Many things determine success and how to become successful. A huge part of success is intrinsic. These ideas are interesting to me and I will use the students responses to inquire more about what success really means. Mosconi, Jaqueline, and Judith Emmett. "Effects of a Values Clarification Curriculum on High School Students' Definitions of Success." Professional School Counseling 7.2 (2007): 6878. Ebscohost.com. American School Counselor Association, 2007. Web. 16 Mar. 2013. This article explains the results of an experiment done with fifty-four high school students who participated in a four-part value clarification curriculum. While in this curriculum, many students expanded their definition of success. While the western cultures definition of success remains of a materialistic view, such as wealth, job security, property ownership and more, ultimately these things still leave us feeling dissatisfied. The goal of this curriculum is to get students to expand their definitions of success because By expanding students definitions of success, values clarification may help reduce barriers that are based on students perception of success. The article mentions that it is common for barriers to develop as some students cannot live up to societys tight definition of success. This curriculum is designed to raise students own values. This article is helpful for my inquiry project because they conducted a survey in

which students were required to answer questions about success. For my primary research I will also conduct a similar experiment in which I will ask different students about their view of success. Yazedjian, Ani, Michelle L. Toews, Tessara Sevin, and Katherine E. Purswell. ""It's a Whole New World": A Qualitative Exploration of College Students' Definitions of and Strategies for College Success." Journal of College Student Development 49.2 (2008): 14154. Http://ehis.ebscoh This article focuses on the transition into college and how students can be most successful. While many students go through high school without much difficulty, college can be a very different story. This article is about how college students view success and how they go about working hard and being successful. While analyzing students responses, their definitions of success were multifaceted. While many studies still define success in college as good grades and graduation rates, many students are now defining success not only as getting good grades but flourishing socially and becoming independent. Students said that the transition of college was very different from their expectations, and they knew they had to step up their study habits in order to be successful. The article also has examples of some work tactics that students gave that helped them be more successful, whether those being not going out some nights or leaving signs on doors of their rooms so that they could better complete their studies. College is about compromise and figuring out how to weigh your time on your own. This article has many good points about how success has multiple meanings. Success in college has a whole different side to being successful. I will use some of the examples and quotes by college students in my inquiry paper as I find it interesting and helpful for myself in college.