Publisher's Synopsis
Cornerstones for Community College Success helps readers to discover their academic, social, and personal strengths so that they can build on them, and to provide concrete and useful tools that will help them make the changes necessary for their success. The authors believe that in helping the reader identify and transform areas that have challenged him/her in the past, the reader can discover their true potential, learn more actively, and have the career they want and deserve. Cornerstones for Community College Success is written with three major areas of self-development in mind. These three areas will help the reader create positive change that can help them become the individual they would like to be. These areas are: CHANGING YOUR THOUGHTS CHANGING YOUR PERFORMANCE CHANGING YOUR LIFEWe know that students' time is valuable and that they are pulled in countless directions with work, family, school, previous obligations, and many other tasks. For this reason, the authors have tried to provide only the most concrete, useful strategies and ideas to help the reader succeed in this class and beyond. The authors have collectively spent over 60 years gathering the information, advice, suggestions, and activities. This advice and these activities have come from trial and error, colleagues, former students, instructors across the United States, and solid research. The authors hope that readers enjoy them, learn from them, and, most of all, use them to change their life and move closer to their dreams. Let the journey to positive change begin!Throughout Cornerstones for Community College Success, readers will find several common features to help them master the material and become more engaged with the book, test their mastery, and practice what they have learned. The common features include: How College Changed My Life Scan and Question Bloom's Taxonomy triangles Successful Decisions: An Activity for Critical Reflection Knowledge in Bloom.
