x Guided Tour Approaching College with Purpose contains the fol- lowing features in each chapter to help students learn and retain the content: In Your Own Words These are prompts for journaling to support mind- fulness, metacognition, and reflection. They are fea- tured at the opening of every chapter to orient the reader and are sprinkled throughout the chapters to prompt mindfulness of existing habits, mindset, and prior knowledge. Critical Moment These sections offer illustrative case studies com- piled from interviews with, and reflective jour- nals written by, first-year students, as well as their instructors. Case studies illustrate the prin- ciples or strategies discussed in the section. Think About It These prompts help students develop reflection and metacognition as habituated practice.