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Academic Reading (with MyReadingLab Student Access Code Card)
Reading comprehension and critical thinking strategies for reading in the major academic disciplines such as social sciences, business, humanities and literature, mathematics, natural sciences, health and allied medical, and the technical fields. Written in consultation with teachers from across each discipline.Reading comprehension and critical thinking strategies for reading in the major academic disciplines such as social sciences, business, humanities and literature, mathematics, natural sciences, health and allied medical, and the technical fields.Advanced reading courses covering a wide range of disciples’ textbooks and journals.
College Reading and Study Skills
"College Reading and Study Skills" teaches reading, critical thinking and study skills for today's diverse students, encouraging them to apply these integrated skill sets to their coursework and future academic success." "Kathleen McWhorter wrote "College Reading and Study Skills," primarily, for courses that are half reading, half study skills. Emphasizing comprehension and metacognition, "College Reading and Study Skills" approaches reading and study skills as essential skills necessary for college success. The text focuses on reading and learning as a cognitive process, encouraging students to approach reading as an active mental process of selecting, processing, and organizing information to be learned.
Reflections
This innovative modes-based reader by reading expert Kathleen McWhorter supports an integrated approach to reading and writing with unique scaffolded instruction that guides students through comprehension, analysis, evaluation, and written response — skills students will need to be successful in college. Compelling reading selections drawn from widely taught academic disciplines let students practice the work they’re expected to do in other college courses. The second edition has been thoroughly revised with a new grammar handbook, expanded research coverage, new readings, and new features to provide stronger, more integrated reading and writing advice. Reflections can be packaged with LaunchPad Solo for Readers and Writers, allowing you to more efficiently track students’ progress with reading, writing, and grammar skills in an active learning arc that complements the book.
Reading and Writing about Contemporary Issues
"The third edition of Reading and Writing About Contemporary Issues offers an integrated approach to reading and writing, using a handbook for reference and instruction followed by readings for analysis and writing. The nonfiction readings are organized into units that focus on contemporary issues. Chosen to interest and motivate students, they are drawn from books, textbooks, periodicals, popular magazines, newspapers, Web sites, and Internet sources with the objective of providing stimulating and challenging readings that enable students to apply reading and critical-thinking skills and respond to text through writing. The book also offers a casebook of readings on the topic of artificial intelligence and a brief skill refresher review of grammar and correctness"--
Successful College Writing, Brief Edition
THIS TITLE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2016 MLA UPDATES! Our editorial team has updated this text based on content from The MLA Handbook, 8th Edition. Browse our catalog or contact your representative for a full listing of updated titles and packages, or to request a custom ISBN. Kathleen T. McWhorter’s unique visual approach, with support for both reading and writing, helps students at any level of preparedness become successful college writers. The sixth edition of Successful College Writing builds on its beloved, proven visual tools, such as graphic organizers, flowcharts, and new graphic Guided Writing Assignments, with engaging professional, multimedia, and student readings in the most commonly assigned rhetorical modes. In response to instructor and student feedback, the new edition has been thoughtfully streamlined and redesigned.
College Reading and Study Skills
Emphasizing critical thinking, College Reading and Study Skills approaches reading and study skills as active learning processes. Students analyze their learning style and then apply what they have learned with new "Learning Experiments" and "Learning Principles" exercises. A new section of thematically organized readings in Part 7 offers practice with both textbook and non-textbook excerpts as well as web reading. A new Chapter 9, "Reading Electronic Sources," presents strategies for reading and evaluating electronic sources. New "SuccessWorkshops" offer practical tips on how to succeed in college.
Successful College Writing
Using visual resources like graphic organizers, revision flowcharts, and annotated readings, Successful College Writing shows you clearly how writing works. Hands-on writing activities and step-by-step drafting and revising guidance combine to help you succeed at the college level.
Academic Reading
Kathleen McWhorter offers a unique, contextualized approach that focuses on academic reading skills and also motivates students towards a particular area of interest of field of study. Readers learn important comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills, as well as how to adapt these skills to study specific academic disciplines. While doing so, they will also learn what each discipline involes and explore the available career paths. As an end result, Academic Reading teaches essential reading skills while opening up new academic and career possibilities.
