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Il nuovo studente ha un buon atteggiamento.

Il nuovo studente ha un buon atteggiamento.
The new student has a good attitude.
From Lesson 148:Forms of 'good' (buon, buono, buona)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Il nuovo studente ha un buon atteggiamento.

Why is it buon and not buono before atteggiamento?
The adjective buono shortens to buon when it comes right before a masculine singular noun that starts with a vowel, like atteggiamento, or most consonants. It drops the final -o following the exact same rules as the word un.
Does un buon need an apostrophe because atteggiamento starts with a vowel?
No apostrophe is needed here. Atteggiamento is a masculine noun. In Italian, we only use an apostrophe for dropped vowels with feminine words, such as un'amica or una buon'idea. For masculine words, it is simply un buon without an apostrophe.
The word for student is studente, which usually takes the article lo. Why does this sentence use il?
You are right that it is normally lo studente because the noun starts with an s followed by a consonant. However, the article always matches the word immediately following it. Since the adjective nuovo comes first and starts with a regular consonant (n), the article changes to il.
Why do nuovo and buon come before the nouns instead of after them?
While most descriptive adjectives in Italian go after the noun, a few very common ones like buono (good), nuovo (new), bello (beautiful), and bravo (capable) often come before the noun.

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