Cornerstone: Creating Success Through Positive Change
Sherfield, Robert M.
Moody, Patricia G.
'Practical Strategies for Change'
The sixth edition of Cornerstone: Creating Success Through Positive Change guides students in adapting practical strategies for change to their own lives Those who can master change with a positive attitude, take calculated risks and maintain an open mind will succeed. Filled with inspiring stories and powerful activities, this motivating book teaches success through discovery, goal-setting and determination. Cornerstone incorporates SQ3R and Bloom's Taxonomy throughout, employing focused reading and critical thinking strategies necessary for student achievement.
Tools for Change include :
· How to Approach Change In Your Life - Implements change through seven practical steps. (Chapter 1)
· Self-Responsibility Assessments - Evaluates studentsâ personal responsibility levels and examines self-defeating behaviors. (Chapters 2 and 3)
· Success Stickers - Provides students with a way to tag important information as they study, such as preparing for a test, marking a great quote, or identifying something they find personally relevant. (Back of text)
· TEN Essential Cornerstones - Focuses on the ten most important aspects of one's personal and professional life. (Throughout all chapters)
· Chapter highlights
- Information Literacy - Applies research to a 5 major step process. (Chapter 5)
- Interpersonal Communication Includes self-disclosure, understanding and getting along with others, and communicating via technology in the digital age. (Chapter 4)
- Money Management - Starts students on a sound fiscal policy program to manage their finances and prosper at all times. (Chapter 11)
Students & Student Life - College, Educational Guidance & Orientation, Study Skills, Student Life - College Guides
Name in long format: | Cornerstone: Creating Success Through Positive Change |
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ISBN-10: | 0137007574 |
ISBN-13: | 9780137007578 |
Book pages: | 432 |
Book language: | en |
Edition: | 6 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Publisher: | Pearson |
Dimensions: | Height: 10.8 Inches, Length: 8.5 Inches, Weight: 1.69976404002 Pounds, Width: 0.7 Inches |