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Reading Across the Disciplines: College Reading and Beyond, 8th edition

  • Kathleen T. McWhorter

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Overview

Reading Across the Disciplines is designed to teach essential college reading skills and help you apply those skills to your studies in each of 10 disciplines, as well as your future career. With the author's guidance, you'll learn strategies to expand your vocabulary and comprehension, practice methods for reading and thinking critically, and enhance your ability to make inferences. Mathematics and literature are each given a dedicated chapter with reading strategies specific to the unique challenges of those disciplines. The text offers readings grouped by discipline that demonstrate how coursework relates to your life, with selections preceded by discipline-specific tips for success and tied to guided, skill-building practice.

The 8th Edition offers more diverse, equitable and inclusive readings, passages and examples. Coverage of digital learning has been expanded and includes digital collaboration and tools, such as ChatGPT. A new self-guided study model is provided to build study skills for learning independently.

Published by Pearson (April 23rd 2024) - Copyright © 2025

ISBN-13: 9780138236915

Subject: Developmental English

Category: Integrated Reading & Writing

Overview

SUCCESS STRATEGIES: ADAPTING YOUR STUDYING AND LEARNING FOR ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES

  • Strategy 1: Customize Your Reading and Studying Strategies
  • Strategy 2: Learn the Language of the Discipline
  • Strategy 3: Succeed with Remote Learning
  • Strategy 4: Reading and Learning Online
  • Strategy 5: Customize Your Note Taking
  • Strategy 6: Customize Your Test-Taking Skills
  • Strategy 7: Expand Your Critical-Thinking Skills

PART 1: A HANDBOOK FOR READING AND THINKING IN COLLEGE

  1. Reading Actively
  2. Learning During and After Reading
  3. Vocabulary Building
  4. Thesis, Main Ideas, Supporting Details, and Transitions
  5. Organizational Patterns
  6. Reading and Thinking Visually
  7. Making Inferences
  8. Critical Reading
  9. Reading Arguments

PART 2: SPECIALIZED READING SKILLS IN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES

  1. Mathematics
  2. Literature

PART 3: READINGS FOR ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES

  1. Social Sciences
  2. Communication/Speech
  3. Political Science/Government/History
  4. Business/Advertising/Economics
  5. Life Sciences
  6. Technology-Related Fields
  7. Health-Related Fields
  8. Career-Related Fields

PART 4: CLASSROOM SIMULATION: TEXTBOOK READING AND WRITING

  • Preparing for the Lecture
  • Reading the Assignment
  • Reading: Interpersonal Relationship Stages, Theories, and Communication, Joseph A. DeVito
  • Reviewing the Reading Assignment
  • Attending the Lecture and Participating in Class
  • Writing about the Reading
  • Taking Quizzes
  • Taking the Exam

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