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 ...
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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 stress, and responsibility).
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