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The Bedford/St. Martin's Textbook Reader

Second Edition ©2013 Ellen Kuhl Repetto

For use either as a supplement or a stand-alone text, this brief, inexpensive collection of chapters from market-leading introductory college textbooks gives students essential practice in reading across the disciplines. Beginning with a chapter on college success, The Bedford/St. Martin's Tex...

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The Bedford/St. Martin's Textbook Reader by Ellen Kuhl Repetto - Second Edition, 2013 from Macmillan Student Store

Practice in reading college textbooks across the curriculum

For use either as a supplement or a stand-alone text, this brief, inexpensive collection of chapters from market-leading introductory college textbooks gives students essential practice in reading across the disciplines. Beginning with a chapter on college success, The Bedford/St. Martin's Textbook Reader also includes chapters from current texts on composition, mass communication, history, psychology, and environmental science. Comprehension questions and tips for reading success guide students in reading college-level materials efficiently and effectively.

Features

    6 current textbook chapters — reprinted in their entirety — from popular textbooks for common first-year courses serve as real-world models for the kind of reading students will be expected to do in college.

    A common theme — work — links all six chapters, encouraging students to understand varied perspectives, make connections among them, and apply what they learn to their own lives.

    Introductions to each chapter acquaint students with the material they're about to read, calling students' attention to specific elements within the chapter to aid in comprehension and drawing connections to chapters in other units.

    Comprehension questions following each textbook chapter, ordered from least to most challenging, guide students from basic understanding through analysis and critical response.

    A general introduction, "How to Read College Textbooks," walks students through the process of active reading and explains how different features of college textbooks can help them learn more successfully.

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    Table of Contents

    PREFACE

    INTRODUCTION: READING COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS

    1. COLLEGE SUCCESS

    Introduction

    Preparing to Read the Textbook Chapter

         Step by Step to College and Career Success, Chapter 12: "Majors and Career Choices"

    Practicing Your Textbook Reading Skills

    Testing Your Understanding

    Making Thematic Connections

    2. COMPOSITION

    Introduction

    Preparing to Read the Textbook Chapter

         The Bedford Handbook, Part X: "Document Design"

    Practicing Your Textbook Reading Skills

    Testing Your Understanding

    Making Thematic Connections

    3. MASS COMMUNICATION

    Introduction

    Preparing to Read the Textbook Chapter

         Media Essentials, Chapter 11: "Public Relations and Framing the Message"

    Practicing Your Textbook Reading Skills

    Testing Your Understanding

    Making Thematic Connections

    4. HISTORY

    Introduction

    Preparing to Read the Textbook Chapter

         Understanding the American Promise, Chapter 19: "The Growth of America's Cities, 1870-1900"

    Practicing Your Textbook Reading Skills

    Testing Your Understanding

    Making Thematic Connections

    5. PSYCHOLOGY

    Introduction

    Preparing to Read the Textbook Chapter

         Psychology, Chapter 13: "Stress, Health, and Coping"

    Practicing Your Textbook Reading Skills

    Testing Your Understanding

    Making Thematic Connections

    6. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

    Introduction

    Preparing to Read the Textbook Chapter

         Environmental Science, Chapter 10: "Land: Public and Private"

    Practicing Your Textbook Reading Skills

    Testing Your Understanding

    Making Thematic Connections

    GLOSSARY OF TERMS

    ANSWER KEY

     

     

    Ellen Kuhl Repetto

    Ellen Kuhl Repetto is an editor and writer who has contributed to more than twenty composition readers, handbooks, and rhetorics. She is the author of The Bedford Reader and The Compact Reader.