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Cornerstone : creating success through positive change
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Cornerstone : creating success through positive change

Author: Robert M Sherfield; Patricia G Moody
Publisher: Boston, MA : Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, ©2011.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 6th ed
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Genre/Form: Life skills guides
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert M Sherfield; Patricia G Moody
ISBN: 9780137007578 0137007574 0132428113 9780132428118
OCLC Number: 455421114
Notes: Previously published under title: Cornerstone : your foundation for discovering your potential, learning actively, and living well.
Description: xxii, 392 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Contents: PART ONE: DISCOVERING YOUR POTENTIAL 1. Change: Adjusting to the Culture of College and Setting Your Goals 2. Engage: Developing Your Academic and Personal Passion 3. Persist: Learning and Using the Tools of Self-Management 4. Prioritize: Planning Your Time and Reducing Stress PART TWO: LEARNING ACTIVELY 5. Read: Building Your Reading and Comprehension Skills 6. Learn: Using Your Dominant Intelligence, Learning Style, and Personality Type to Become an Active Learner 7. Record: Cultivating Your Listening Skills and Developing a Note-Taking System that Works for You 8. Remember: Empowering Your Memory and Creating Your Study Plan 9. Assess: Developing Successful Test-Taking Tactics that Work for You 10. Think: Expanding Your Aptitude for Critical Thinking and Problem Solving PART THREE: LIVING WELL 11. Prosper: Managing Your Money and Your Debts Wisely 12. Communicate: Fostering Your Research, Writing, and Speaking Talents 13. Relate: A Celebration of People, Cultures, and Self 14. Live: Developing Your Plan for Wellness and Personal Responsibility 15. Plan: Focusing on Your Professional Career and Living Well
Responsibility: Robert M. Sherfield, Patricia G. Moody.

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I love that the text uses Bloom's taxonomy. The change implementation model is an effective piece to promote discussions and tie those concepts to student learning and academic self. It allows Read more...

 
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