Reading Across the Disciplines: College Reading and Beyond, 7th edition
- Kathleen T. McWhorter
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For courses in Developmental English, or for students in need of additional practice with intermediate-level reading.
Improve reading and thinking abilities through targeted skill instruction and extensive guided practice across many academic disciplines.
Reading Across the Disciplines teaches essential college reading skills and guides their application in each of 10 academic disciplines and career fields. Kathleen McWhorter helps students expand their vocabulary and comprehension, practice methods for reading and thinking critically, and enhance their ability to make inferences. The 7th Edition also introduces discipline-specific reading strategies and features more than 20 new readings — selected from college textbooks as well as from books, periodicals, popular magazines, newspapers, and Internet sources — to motivate students and demonstrate the relevance of their coursework to their daily lives.
Available to package with Reading Across the Disciplines, 7th Edition (Books a la Carte loose-leaf edition), MyLab
Reading Across the Disciplines, 7th Edition is also available via Revel™, an interactive digital learning environment that replaces the print textbook, enabling students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience. Revel is ideal for courses where student engagement and mobile access are important. Learn more.
Published by Pearson (July 14th 2021) - Copyright © 2018
ISBN-13: 9780137536511
Subject: Developmental English
Category: Developmental Reading
Preface
Success Strategies – Adapting Your Studying and Learning for Academic Disciplines
Strategy 1: Customize Your Reading and Studying Strategies
Strategy 2: Learn the Language of the Discipline
Strategy 3: Adapt to Different Learning Environments
Strategy 4: Customize Your Note Taking
Strategy 5: Customize Your Test-Taking Skills
Strategy 6: Expand Your Critical-Thinking Skills
Part One – A Handbook for Reading and Thinking in College
1. Reading Actively
2. Learning During and After Reading
3. Vocabulary Building
4. Thesis, Main Ideas, Supporting Details, and Transitions
5. Organizational Patterns
6. Reading and Thinking Visually
7. Making Inferences
8. Critical Reading
9. Reading Arguments
Part Two – Specialized Reading Skills in Academic Disciplines
10. Mathematics
11. Literature
Part Three – Readings for Academic Disciplines
12. Social Sciences
13. Communication/Speech
14. Political Science/Government/History
15. Business/Advertising/Economics
16. Life Sciences
17. Technology-Related Fields
18. Health-Related Fields
19. Career-Related Fields
Part Four – Classroom Simulation: Textbook Reading and Writing
Preparing for the Lecture
Reading the Assignment
Reading: Interpersonal Relationship Stages, Theories, and Communication, Joseph A. DeVito
Reviewing the Reading Assignment
Attending the Lecture and Participating in Class
Writing about the Reading
Taking Quizzes
Taking the Exam