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Texts and Contexts
From the first chapter, students learn to write essays in response to interdisciplinary reading selections. The writing assignments are based on compelling, diverse readings from which students are asked to extract meanings and implications as the basis for their essays. The text treats writing as a recursive process, engaging students in each step: generating ideas, drafting, revising and editing.
The Research Paper
This work stresses the process of preparing a research paper: searching for information in both print and nonprint sources; synthesizing what is learned with original ideas and interpretations; organizing the whole; and then writing and revising.
Researching and Writing
This thorough and engaging guide to research in the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and business teaches students to explore the entire research process, including intellectual inquiry and critical thinking. "Researching and Writing Across the Curriculum "provides discipline-specific guidance and sample papers that reflect differences in discourse and presentation in each discipline. The text also covers research methods and resources as they apply to all disciplines, with a comprehensive list of library resources and an introduction to the latest electronic and online resources. With thorough and up-to-date material on the impact of computers in research, and exercises that develop the skills of summarizing, synthesizing, and critiquing source materials, the text provides a complete guide that will aid students in all their college courses and beyond.
Writing Voyage
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Read and Succeed
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Orientation to College
In a departure from typical college orientation texts, this rich collection of readings featuring leaders in education, government, and industry will give students an understanding of what learning means at the college level and how it will benefit them in their personal and professional life. The book addresses a broad variety of issues related to growing as a person, developing critical thinking abilities, understanding the role of the liberal arts in education, and preparing for the demanding and ever-changing workplace.
Mastering Mathematics
MASTERING MATHEMATICS offers specific, concrete methods for succeeding in math courses. The book begins with a diagnostic questionaire to help students determine the areas where they need the most improvement in their approach and study habits for math; Part I deals with attitude; Part II gives practical advice on how to handle class time, class notes, study time, and homework. Part III deals with preparing for exams. .
Variations
This new reader goes beyond grammar drills to guide basic writing students toward progressively better paragraph and essay development.
Developing Arguments
Explains critical thinking in argumentative persuasive speech and prose. Sample essays regarding: AIDS (disease), civil rights, illiteracy, Vietnam, discrimination, and others.
Patterns and Themes
Extremely popular and successful thematic reader that offers high-interest readings on topics such as: Memories, Families, Heroism, Men and Women, Jobs, and Sports. The selections range from the 7th to 11th grade reading levels and vary in length from short to longer. The text provides excellent suggested Writing Assignments and other apparatus that deal with important subskills, such as Vocabulary.
