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Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively and Living Well, Concise Edition, 5/E
Robert M. Sherfield, Community College of Southern Nevada
Rhonda J. Montgomery, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Patricia G. Moody, The University of South Carolina

ISBN-10: 0132235579
ISBN-13: 9780132235570

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 304 pp
Published: 03/28/2007

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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.

  • Video Cases on CD-ROM Activity and Learning Guide to facilitate active learning. This interactive CD includes video clips and application questions on the six most relevant issues essential to student success: Motivation, Goal Setting, Priority & Time Management, Healthy Balance, Critical Thinking, and Communication.

     

  • Two added chapters in reading comprehension and persistence.

    • Supplies students with advice, strategies, and actual practice that will help them in the classroom, with outside assignments, and in group work.

  • Chapter-ending critical thinking exercise.

    • Gives students the opportunity to analyze and apply chapter content to actual situations in their own lives.

  • Revised and expanded section on academic integrity–Focuses on academic honesty.

    • Helps students understand the importance of ones personal integrity and character, and the consequences of personal behavior.

  • Chapter-opening vignettes–Inspired by students across America, contains advice from a professional in “the world of work” such as managers from General Motors, Wal-Mart, Disney, and Waddell and Reed.

    • Enables students to see strategies and success in action and in real life.

  • Chapter-end case study analysis–Features a “Blueprint for Change”.

    • Requires students to think critically and apply problem solving skills.

  • Did You Know? feature in each chapter–Offers quick information about one aspect of each chapter.

    • Encourages conversation, enhances memory, and prompts students to focus on an important aspect of each chapter.

  • Change Implementation model–Five-Step Plan helps students take any problem and design strategies for changing their lives.

    • Gives students a tool they can use to plan and bring about positive change in their personal and academic lives.

    • NEW!  Scan & Question feature–appears in this edition, at the beginning of every chapter(pg ).  Incorporates SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review), the reading and study method which has been one of the most successful and widely used learning tools ever introduced.

    • This feature will assist readers in using SQ3R to get the most out of every chapter.  Allows students to make the most of their reading time, and to assist in mastering the chapter's material.

    NEW!  Knowledge in BLOOM feature–appears in this edition(pg. ).  This feature incorporates Bloom’s Taxonomy at the end of every chapter, and infuses many activities throughout each chapter via margin notes (pg. ) which further support cognitive learning.

    • Encourages readers to reflect and respond to questions from the best level of Bloom’s Taxonomy (knowledge, understanding, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation).  Allows students to utilize the level which is appropriate for each specific activity being done, rather than using all levels in every application unneccesarily.

    NEW!  Chapter 2, PERSIST: Managing Your Money and Your Debts Wisely, addresses money and debt management–new to this edition(pg. ).

    • Addresses how to manage resources and plan for future goals.

    NEW!  Chapter 1, ENGAGE: Adjusting to the Culture of College, Setting Your Goals, and Developing Your Academic Passion, explores change, goal-setting, and self-engagement–new to this edition(pg. ).

    • Highlights the relationships between realistic goals and ushering positive change into one’s life.
    • Emphasizes the theme of self-responsibility and shows how to develop one’s academic and personal passion.

    NEW!  Updated and revised Chapter 10, PROSPER, now covers Careers, Cultures, and Character.

    • This engaging new focus allows students to see the importance of diversity and character in career development.  Discussions and activities allow students to read and work through topics such as positive relationships, diversity in the workplace, and conflict management.  A new, self-scoring CONFLICT MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT is also included in this chapter.

    NEW!  The Big Why (Author Perspective) and The Big Why (Student Perspective)--opens every chapter to motivate students(pg. ).  Offers advice from the authors and former students as to why the chapter is important to the students' success, knowledge, college survival, and overall well-being.

    • Gives readers reasons to learn chapter material by relating it directly to the student’s personal and academic lives.

    NEW!  From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Real Stories of Personal Triumph–have been included in this edition to motivate students.(pg. ).  Focuses on 10 individuals who faced huge obstacles and adversity in their life and went on to learn from their mistakes, reach their goals, and achieve their dreams.

    • Inspires readers and reinforces the hope and promise that comes with education, goal-setting and determination.

    NEW!  YES! You Can–underscores the importance of positive self-esteem to motivate students(pg. ).  This feature spotlights a specific topic and provides a list of strategies to support it.

    • Gives students a list of strategies they can use on a daily basis to discover their potential, learn actively and live well.

    NEW!  Did You Know? feature–appears in each chapter to motivate students(pg. ).  Brings together 10 small biographies of well-known personalities and the adversity they faced.

    • Features people such as Tim McGraw, Katie Couric, Maya Angelou, Beethoven, Sheryl Crow, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

    NEW!  Quotes–appear in this edition(pg. ).

    • Offer inspiring thoughts that relate directly to each chapter’s content and message.

    NEWLY Revised!  Where are You. . . At This Moment?–within each chapter (pg. ).

    • Functions as a self-assessment, with scoring and interpretation that has been significantly revised and simplified in this edition.

    NEWLY Combined!  Listening and Note Taking are now combined into one chapter, RECORD: Cultivating Your Listening Skills and Developing a Note-Taking System That Works for You–see Chapter 6(pg. ).

    • Streamlines coverage based on reviewer suggestions to offer a fresh outlook on both topics.

    NEW!  More Extensive Instructor Teaching Resources/Supplements Package. (See pg.  in the front matter for details).

    • Offers a full array of teaching materials to feel confident and prepared for class, including instructor's manual, test bank, PowerPoint, Acetates, Companion Website, OneKey Course Managment(CourseCompass, Blackboard, and WebCT), video library, and more!

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    PART ONE — DISCOVERING YOUR POTENTIAL

    1.    ENGAGE:  Adjusting to the Culture of College, Setting Your Goals, and Developing Your Academic Passion

    2.    PERSIST:  Managing Your College Resources, Your Money, and Your Debts

    3.    PRIORITIZE:  Planning Your Time and Reducing Stress

     

    PART TWO — LEARNING ACTIVELY

    4.    READ:  Building Your Reading and Comprehension Skills

    5.    LEARN:  Using Your Dominant Intelligence, Learning Style, and Personality Type to Become An Active Learner

    6.    RECORD:  Cultivating Your Listening Skills and Developing A Note-Taking System that Works for You

    7.    REMEMBER:  Empowering Your Memory and Creating Your Study Plan

    8.    ASSESS:  Developing Successful Test-Taking Tactics that Work for You

    9.    THINK:  Expanding Your Aptitude for Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

     

    PART THREE — LIVING WELL

    10.    PROSPER:  Connecting with Careers, Cultures, and Character

    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 students to make those connections and transfer knowledge and skill to other courses.  The activities promote self discovery and understanding, with a pinch of hope and promise of a better academic life!

    --Todd Phillips

    -- East Central College

     

    This text is clearly superior to many of the study skills books that are in circulation today.  It is so down to earth, uses concrete examples, case scenarios and allows students the ability to assess and correct their thoughts and behaviors.

    -- Betty Fortune

    -- Houston Community College

    About Your Authors:

     

    Robert M. Sherfield, Ph.D.

    Robert Sherfield has been teaching public speaking, theatre, and student success and working with first-year orientation programs for over 25 years. Currently, he is a professor at the Community College of Southern Nevada, teaching student success, technical writing, public speaking, and drama.

     

    An award-winning educator, Robb was named Educator of the Year at the Community College of Southern Nevada. He twice received the Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award from the University of South Carolina Union, and has received numerous other awards and nominations for outstanding classroom instruction and advisement.

     

    Robb’s extensive work with student success programs includes experience with the design and implementation of these programs—including one program that was presented at the International Conference on the First-Year Experience in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.  He has conducted faculty development keynotes and workshops at over 250 institutions of higher education across America.  He has spoken in 42 states and several foreign countries.

     

    In addition to his coauthorship of Cornerstone: Building on Your Best, he has also coauthored Roadways to Success (Prentice Hall, 2001), the trade book 365 Things I Learned in College (Allyn & Bacon, 1996), Capstone: Succeeding Beyond College (Prentice Hall, 2001), Case Studies for the First Year: An Odyssey into Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (Prentice Hall, 2004), The Everything®Self-Esteem Book (Adams Media, 2004), and Cornerstone:  Building On Your Best for Career Success (Prentice Hall, 2006).

     

    Robb’s interest in student success began with his own first year in college. Low SAT scores and a low high school ranking denied him entrance into college. With the help of a success program, Robb was granted entrance into college, and went on to earn five college degrees, including a doctorate.  He has always been interested in the social, academic, and cultural development of students, and sees this book as his way to contribute to the positive development of first-year students across the nation.  Visit www.robertsherfield.com.

     

    Rhonda J. Montgomery, Ph.D.

    Rhonda J. Montgomery has been teaching, writing and doing research in the area of the first-year orientation programs for the past 24 years.  Currently she is an Associate Professor in the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she teaches in the Department of Tourism and Convention Administration.

     

    An award-winning educator, Rhonda has been honored as Distinguished Educator of the Year at the University of South Carolina as well as receiving several other awards for teaching and service. She is an active member of Phi Eta Sigma, a National Freshman Honorary Association and has spoken at the National Conference on the Freshman Year Experience as well as at numerous other conferences around the country.

     

    Her commitment to teaching and scholarship is evidenced by her prolific writing – not only has Rhonda written in the area of Student Success, where she co-authored Cornerstone: Building On Your Best, she has also coauthored, Capstone:  Succeeding Beyond College (Prentice Hall, 2001), Case Studies for the First Year: An Odyssey in Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (Prentice Hall, 2004); but she has also written in the area of hospitality management and written Club Managers Guide to Private Parties (Wiley, 2001) Meetings, Conventions, and Expositions:  An Introduction to the Industry (Wiley, 1998) as well as a chapter in Contemporary Club Management (Perdue, 2003) and  the trade book 365 Things I Learned in College (Allyn & Bacon, 1996) as well as numerous articles in scholarly journals.

     

    Patricia G. Moody, Ph.D.

    Patricia G. Moody is Dean of the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management at the University of South Carolina, where she has been a faculty member for over 30 years. An award-winning educator, Pat has been honored as Distinguished Educator of the Year at her college and as Collegiate Teacher of the Year by the National Business Education Association, and has been a top-five finalist for the Amoco Teaching Award at the University of South Carolina. She has been a recipient of the prestigious John Robert Gregg Award, the highest honor in her field of over 100,000 educators.

     

    Pat frequently speaks to multiple sections of first-year students, incorporating personal development content from her trademark speech, “Fly Like an Eagle,” as well as numerous strategies for building self-esteem and for achieving success in college. She also works with first-year classes on subjects such as goal setting, priority management, and diversity.

     

    A nationally known motivational speaker, Pat has spoken in almost every state, has been invited to speak in several foreign countries, and frequently keynotes national and regional conventions. She has presented “Fly Like an Eagle” to thousands of people, from Olympic athletes to corporate executives to high school students. Her most recent presentation is “99 Ways to Motivate Students.”  

     

    An avid sports fan, she follows Gamecock athletics and has chaired the University of South Carolina Athletics Advisory Committee. As the Dean of her college, Dr. Moody has led several international trips to build relationships and establish joint research projects.

    Finally, a textbook that actually uses reading and critical thinking strategies rather than just talking about them.  This compelling fifth edition of the concise Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively and Living Well focuses strongly on self-responsibility and active learning.  It effectively uses and underscores the importance of SQ3R to student success.   

    Exciting Additional Revisions include:

    • The BIG WHY!!  (Author Perspective) and The BIG WHY (Student Perspective) - offers advice from the authors AND former students as to WHY the chapter is important to the student’s success, knowledge, college survival, and overall well-being.
    • From Ordinary to Extraordinary:  Real Stories of Personal Triumph - individual, brief biographies of ordinary Americans who faced and overcame huge obstacles and adversity going on to reach goals and dreams.
    • Where are You…. AT THIS MOMENT? - popular feature’s scoring and interpretation has been significantly revised and simplified.
    • Knowledge in Bloom chapter-end activities helps students apply the information they learned by reflecting on and responding to questions from each level of Bloom's Taxonomy.
    • Two new chapters on money management and self-engagement meet students' needs, along with revised change and goal setting content.

    In addition, the extraordinary supplemental resource package has been expanded to better fit faculty and student needs. 

     

    Additional Support — in and out of the classroom…

     

    Cornerstone has its own companion website designed to help students review the text material.  This site (www.prenhall.com/sherfield) can also be accessed through the Student Success Supersite (www.prenhall.com/success), where students and faculty will find an array of resources.

     

    View a Sample Chapter PDF: /samplechapter/0132235579.pdf

     

    Rob Sherfield

    Would your students benefit from concrete strategies to navigate all the changes they are faced with?

    Filled with stories of inspiration, this concise edition of the book is founded on the hope that comes with education, goal-setting and determination. 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.

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