Rhythms of College Success: A Journey of Discovery, Change and Mastery - Softcover

Piscitelli, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132386402 ISBN 13: 9780132386401

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2007

Synopsis

 Rhythms of College Success: A Journey of Discovery, Change and Mastery embraces the power of personal choice and addresses the (sometimes) competing needs of first-year students. Using a universal theme of music, the book offers memorable messages that show how respect, responsibility, reflection, and renewal can fuel student success. Throughout the text, readers are introduced to the 4R’s and how these, along with change and life balance impact one’s future and one’s success. More than 100 activities, 75 figures and innovative part openers keep students engaged and help them on their own journey of discovery, change and mastery.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

His message is memorable; his energy contagious. Steve Piscitelli’s new book Rhythms of College Success: A Journey of Discovery, Change and Masteryembraces the power of personal choice and addresses the often competing needs of first-year students. Using a universal theme of music, the book shows the importance of respect, responsibility, reflection, and renewal and how they fuel student success. More than 100 activities, 75 figures and innovative part openers keep students engaged and help them on their own journey of discovery, change and mastery.

 

Exciting features include:

• Three integrated themes of student success, change, and wellness reinforce the strategies and concepts of each chapter
• The 4Rs
• The Change Cycle
• Tuning your life-strings
• The book realistically meets students where they are. 
• Each part of the book opens with the section titled “What’s on your mind?” based on actual student questions as they arise throughout the semester.
• A problem-solving index supplements the typical subject index.  The P.S.I.  enables students to quickly find answers to personal, social, emotional, financial, physical, and academic questions.

Additional Support — in and out of the classroom...

 

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

 

Review:

I love the descriptors of a motivated learner, overcoming barriers (things we can control) and the self reflection.  Motivation is a huge problem and this text breaks it down in a way I’ve not seen.  Most textbooks discuss the differences between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation but I have never seen a text actually help students with a practical plan if they just cannot get motivated which is an epidemic among college students...this is a very strong component of this text.

-- Lori R. Holtmann

-- University of South Carolina Upstate

 

Overall, I liked all of the exercises. In some texts, authors are in such a rush to put in more strategies that they do not take the time to ask the student to reflect on what he/she has learned or think about how he/ she can use this information.  It’s in reflecting on what you have learned that learning truly takes place.  Without reflection and thinking, students may be just ‘going through the motions.’  Without this metacognition students won’t be able to transfer this knowledge to new situations or courses.

-- Judith B. Isonhood

-- Hinds Community College

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0132386402
• ISBN 13: 9780132386401
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 315