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9780205780518

Pearson Textbook Reader Reading in Applied and Academic Fields

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  • ISBN13:

    9780205780518

  • ISBN10:

    0205780512

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-11-29
  • Publisher: Pearson

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Summary

The#xA0;Pearson Textbook Reader: Reading in Academic and Applied Fields#xA0;provides direct practice#xA0;with sample chapters drawn from college textbooks in career-related disciplines.

Table of Contents

Introduction for Instructors and Students

Reading Strategies for the Disciplines

Unit I:  Reading Strategies for Allied Health & Nursing

from Bermany, et al.:  Kozier & Erdb’s Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process, and Practice, 8/e. 

Checking Your Reading Strategies: Discussion and Critical Thinking Questions

Group Projects

Unit II:  Reading Strategies for Business & Foodservice

from Gregorie and Spears:  Foodservice Organizations: A Managerial and Systems Approach, 6/e. 

Checking Your Reading Strategies: Discussion and Critical Thinking Questions

Group Projects

Unit III: Reading Strategies for Humanities

History:

from Brummett et al:  Civilization: Past & Present, 11/e

Checking Your Reading Strategies: Discussion and Critical Thinking Questions

Group Projects

Literature:

from Sisko:  American 24-Karat Gold: 24 Classic American Short Stories, 2/e

Non-fiction:

“Salvation”:  Checking Your Comprehension: Discussion and Critical Thinking

Questions

Group Projects

Fiction:

“The Masque of the Red Death”:  Checking Your Comprehension: Discussion and Critical Thinking Questions

Group Projects

Poetry:

from Barnet, Burto, and Cain:  An Introduction to Literature, 14/e

"Richard Cory”:  Checking Your Comprehension: Discussion and Critical

Thinking Questions

Group Projects

"Sympathy":  Checking Your Comprehension: Discussion and Critical Thinking

Questions

GroupProjects

Visual Arts: 

Assorted works from Brummett et al:  Civilization: Past & Present, 11/e

Checking Your Comprehension: Discussion and Critical Thinking

Questions

Group Projects

Unit IV:  Reading Strategies for Mathematics & Automotive

from Halderman:  Automotive Technology, 3/e

Checking Your Reading Strategies: Discussion and Critical Thinking Questions

Group Projects

Unit V:  Reading Strategies for Natural Sciences

from Audesirk, Audesirk, and Byers:  Life on Earth,5/e

Checking Your Reading Strategies: Discussion and Critical Thinking Questions

Group Projects

Unit VI:  Reading Strategies for Social Sciences & Criminal Justice

from Schmalleger:  Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century, 10/e

Checking Your Reading Strategies: Discussion and Critical Thinking Questions

Group Projects

Unit VII:  Reading Strategies for Technical Fields & Computer Science

from Gaskin, et al.:  GO! With Microsoft: Office 2007 Introductory, 2/e

Checking Your Reading Strategies: Discussion and Critical Thinking Questions

Group Projects

Credits

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