Reading Across the Disciplines (with MyReadingLab Pearson eText Student Access Code Card)
ISBN: 9780205220540 | 0205220541
Edition: 5thFormat: Package
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 8/3/2011
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Reading Across the Disciplinesprovides concise reading skill instruction complemented by discipline-specific reading strategies. These discipline-specific reading skills offer tips for reading and thinking within the popular disciplines, so students learn content as well as strategy.
Brief Contents
Detailed Contents viii
Preface xiii
Ten Success Strategies for Learning and Studying Academic Disciplines 1
PART ONE A Handbook for Reading and Thinking In College 25
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2 Vocabulary Building 41
3 Thesis, Main Ideas, Supporting Details, and Transitions 62
4 Organizational Patterns 90
5 Reading and Thinking Visually
6 Making Inferences 122
7 Critical Reading 133
8 Organizing Ideas 153
9 Improving and Adjusting Your Reading Rate 177
10 Reading and Evaluating Electronic Sources 181
PART TWO Readings for Academic Disciplines 193
11 Social Sciences 198
12 Communication/Speech 228
13 Arts/Humanities/Literature 291
14 Political Science/Government/History 355
15 Business/Advertising/Economics 392
16 Technology/Computers 425
17 Health-Related Fields 456
18 Life Sciences 493
19 Physical Sciences/Mathematics 527
20 Career Fields 562
21 Workplace
PART THREE Textbook Chapter Reading 597
22 Psychology Textbook Chapter 599
Appendix 667
Reading Progress Chart 668
Credits 671
Index 679
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