Reading Across the Disciplines provides reading strategies for a variety ofacademic disciplines (more than any other available text), concise skill instruction, and extensive practice to improve college-level reading and thinking skills. Reading Across the Disciplines is organized into three parts for flexibility and ease-of-use. Part One presents a brief skill introduction (in handbook format) introducing students to essential vocabulary, comprehension, critical reading, and reading rate skills. Part Two has twelve chapters, each containing three readings representative of a different academic discipline. 0321993551 / 9780321993557 Reading Across the Disciplines: College Reading and Beyond Plus NEW MyReadingLab with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 0205869165 / 9780205869169 NEW MyReadingLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card 0321921488 / 9780321921482 Reading Across the Disciplines: College Reading and Beyond
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"Reading Across the Disciplines" provides concise reading skill instruction complemented by discipline-specific reading strategies.
Ian Hunter's Culture and Government (1988) suggested to me the genealogy of these terms: artefacts of systems for administering populations, they derived from educational techniques for the cultivation of the “self.
The book explores creativity and the use of metaphor as students work towards becoming experts in the genres of their discipline.
Across the Disciplines: Academic Reading and Writing guides students through the essential skills needed to write effectively in any discipline - summary, paraphrase, introductions, conclusions, critical reading, synthesis, and research.
Digital literacy has become the vital competency that students need to master before graduating. This book provides rich examples of how to integrate it in disciplinary courses.
In this collection, authors from Australia and North America, teaching in a variety of disciplines, explore reading in undergraduate courses, doctoral seminars, and faculty development activities.
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