This third edition remains firmly focused on holping sutdents develop a large repertoire of reading and study strategies to meet the demands of reading college-level expository prose. Features in the third edition include:
Thematic reading units. Each of the themes includes a complete text chapter and 6-8 ralated articles:
- Reducing Waste in America (Environmental Science 7/e, Nebel & Wright)
- Confronting Violence in Society (Social Problems 9/e, Kornblum & Julian)
- Doing Philosophy in Everyday Life (Discovering Philosophy, White)
- Thriving in the Wokplace (Business 5/e, Giffin & Ebert).
These themes encourage a more menaingful and connected understanding of topics and promote critical thinking students view topics from several perspectives.
Authentic and abundant examples, practice, and assessment passages. Most of the example, practice, and assessment passages are adapted from authentic college reading material. Subject areas include mathematics, nutrition, environmental biology, music, interpersonal communications, American history, health, career education, human realtions, general business, sociology, speech communication, computer science, art history, geography, and philosophy. Topics from adult general interest magzines and newspapers supplement the text selections.
Chapter 1 Adopt a Plan-Do-Review Cycle for Academic Reading
Chapter 2 Determine Who The Author Is And Why The Author Is Writing
Chapter 3 Understand the Vocabulary the Author Uses
Chapter 4 Identify What the Author Is Writing About
Chapter 5 Establish How the Author Develops Ideas
Chapter 6 Recognize the Author's Stance
Chapter 7 Integrate Written And Graphic Information
Chapter 8 Organize the Information You Need
Chapter 9 Decide What to Do with the Author's Information
Theme 1 Reducing Waste in America
,etc.