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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...
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.

Practice in reading college textbooks across the curriculum
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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The Bedford/St. Martin's Textbook Reader
Second Edition| ©2013
Ellen Kuhl Repetto
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The Bedford/St. Martin's Textbook Reader
Second Edition| 2013
Ellen Kuhl Repetto
Table of Contents
PREFACEINTRODUCTION: 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 SkillsTesting 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 TERMSANSWER KEYAuthors

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.

The Bedford/St. Martin's Textbook Reader
Second Edition| 2013
Ellen Kuhl Repetto
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