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Reading Across the Disciplines

by McWhorter, Kathleen T.

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5th

ISBN13:

9780205184767

ISBN10:

0205184766

Format:

Paperback

Pub. Date:

7/15/2011

Publisher(s):

Longman

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Summary

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

1 Active Reading and Thinking Strategies 27

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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