Cornerstone, Building on Your Best, Concise Second Edition 2nd Edition  (English, Paperback, Montgomery Rhonda J.)

For courses in College Orientation, College Study Skills, and College Success found in two-and four-year colleges and universities.

The Concise Edition of the popular Cornerstone: Building On Your Best is designed to help unprepared first-year students become more academically prepared and to help all first-year students adjust to college life. Material and activities in the text empower students to make responsible choices in college and in life. It shows, rather than tells-its real-life vignettes and self-reflective exercises both engage students and help them look at themselves and their lives through different eyes. The text promotes student growth, change, and responsible decision-making-whether the student is looking at his/her own study habits or making difficult decisions about career goals. It maintains a sharp focus on motivation, values , and diversity; provides thorough coverage of “nuts and bolts” issues near and dear to students (studying, test-taking, and succeeding in college and in life); and discusses important new ideas about critical thinking skills, learning styles, and cooperative learning.

The Concise Edition, 2/E consists of 12 of the 16 chapters in the full version of Cornerstone-focusing on core study, presentation, and goal-setting skills. (The full version includes 4 additional chapters on relationships, wellness, stress, and responsibility).

Salient Features

• NEW - New chapter on Speaking and Writing.
• Helps student analyze their audience, develop a clear purpose or thesis, research, organize and deliver powerful papers and speeches.
• NEW - New chapter on Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences.
• Helps students understand their learning styles and identify ways to use their learning style and personality type to best advantage when studying.
• An extensive write-in exercise format-For each chapter. A free “Double Entry Journal” is also included with every student copy.
• Promotes critical thinking, self-reflection, and writing skills.
• At This Moment -A self-assessment in each chapter.
• Helps students determine their own strengths and weaknesses in relation to chapter content.
• The World of Work -In each chapter. Exposes students to the views of a professional regarding the chapter's content.
• Helps students see how effectively concepts in the chapter apply can be applied in the real world.
• An Insider's View -In each chapter. Current students share their views on chapter content.
• Helps students relate directly to other students who have already used chapter content in their own lives.
• Blueprints for Life-Long Learning -In each chapter.
• Provides students with a critical thinking exercise that encourages them to consider how chapter material can be explored in further depth throughout their lifetime.

New to this Edition

• New chapter on Speaking and Writing.
• Helps student analyze their audience, develop a clear purpose or thesis, research, organize and deliver powerful papers and speeches.
• New chapter on Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences.
• Helps students understand their learning styles and identify ways to use their learning style and personality type to best advantage when studying.