Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively and Living Well, Full Edition

by Sherfield, Robert M.; Montgomery, Rhonda J.; Moody, Patricia G.

• ISBN13: 9780132428118
• ISBN10: 0132428113
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

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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