Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively and Living Well, Full Edition
by Sherfield, Robert M.; Montgomery, Rhonda J.; Moody, Patricia G.Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-01-01
Publisher(s): Prentice Hall
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Summary
For courses in First-Year Orientation, Student Success, Study Skills, Extended Orientation, Freshman Year Experience.Filled with stories of inspiration, this book is founded on the hope that comes with education, goal-setting and determination and thus motivates students by concentrating on concrete academic and personal strategies which will help them navigate the changes they face. Utilizing Bloom's Taxonomy and SQ3R throughout, it is a text that actually uses reading and critical thinking strategies rather than just talking about them. This edition reflects a deeper focus on self-responsibility and active learning which is reinforced by its interactive design. Thoroughly updated, it now includes new chapters on money and debt management, and self-engagement. As suggested by it's new subtitle, this edition also contains a wealth of activities to help students discover their potential, learn actively, and live well.
Table of Contents
| Discovering Your Potential | |
| Change: Adjusting to the Culture of College and Setting Your Goals | |
| Engage: Developing Your Academic and Personal Passion | |
| Persist: Learning and Using the Tools of Self-Management | |
| Prioritize: Planning Your Time and Reducing Stress | |
| Learning Actively | |
| Read: Building Your Reading and Comprehension Skills | |
| Learn: Using Your Dominant Intelligence, Learning Style, and Personality Type to Become an Active Learner | |
| Record: Cultivating Your Listening Skills and Developing a Note-Taking System that Works for You | |
| Remember: Empowering Your Memory and Creating Your Study Plan | |
| Assess: Developing Successful Test-Taking Tactics that Work for You | |
| Think: Expanding Your Aptitude for Critical Thinking and Problem Solving | |
| Living Well | |
| Prosper: Managing Your Money and Your Debts Wisely | |
| Communicate: Fostering Your Research, Writing, and Speaking Talents | |
| Relate: A Celebration of People, Cultures, and Self | |
| Live: Developing Your Plan for Wellness and Personal Responsibility | |
| Plan: Focusing on Your Professional Career and Living Well | |
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