Reading Across the Disciplines: College Reading and Beyond, 8th edition

Kathleen T. McWhorter

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Reading Across the Disciplines is designed to teach essential college reading skills and help you apply those skills to your studies in each of 10 disciplines, as well as your future career. With the author's guidance, you'll learn strategies to expand your vocabulary and comprehension, practice methods for reading and thinking critically, and enhance your ability to make inferences. Mathematics and literature are each given a dedicated chapter with reading strategies specific to the unique challenges of those disciplines. The text offers readings grouped by discipline that demonstrate how coursework relates to your life, with selections preceded by discipline-specific tips for success and tied to guided, skill-building practice.

The 8th Edition offers more diverse, equitable and inclusive readings, passages and examples. Coverage of digital learning has been expanded and includes digital collaboration and tools, such as ChatGPT. A new self-guided study model is provided to build study skills for learning independently.

ISBN-13: 9780138236915

Subject: Developmental English

Category: Integrated Reading & Writing

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: Succeed with Remote Learning
Strategy 4: Reading and Learning Online
Strategy 5: Customize Your Note Taking
Strategy 6: Customize Your Test-Taking Skills
Strategy 7: Expand Your Critical-Thinking Skills

PART 1: A HANDBOOK FOR READING AND THINKING IN COLLEGE

Reading Actively
Learning During and After Reading
Vocabulary Building
Thesis, Main Ideas, Supporting Details, and Transitions
Organizational Patterns
Reading and Thinking Visually
Making Inferences
Critical Reading
Reading Arguments

PART 2: SPECIALIZED READING SKILLS IN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES

Mathematics
Literature

PART 3: READINGS FOR ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES

Social Sciences
Communication/Speech
Political Science/Government/History
Business/Advertising/Economics
Life Sciences
Technology-Related Fields
Health-Related Fields
Career-Related Fields

PART 4: 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