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Author:   David Rothman ,  Jilani Warsi
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.10cm
Weight:   0.943kg
ISBN:  

9780134064468

ISBN 10:   0134064461
Pages:   624
Publication Date:   21 January 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Table of Contents Introduction to Read to Succeed The Philosophy of Read to Succeed Academic Disciplines The Reading Process Reading: Freshman 15: Coping with the First Year of College, by Dustin Wax Previewing the Features of Read to Succeed Guide to Genre Education: American Education INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Education Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Education Reading 1: Learning and Teaching in a Two-Way Calle in Boston, by Michelle Lefort Reading 2: The Lowdown on Single-Sex Education, by Hannah Boyd Biographical Profile: Ruth Simmons SKILL FOCUS: Determining Meaning from Context Parts of Speech Word Forms Connotation Contextual Clues Vocabulary Development with Common Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots Reading 3: A Conversation with Eric Mazur: Using the ""Beauties of Physics"" to Conquer Science Illiteracy, by Claudia Dreifus Reading 4: Should We Reward Good Grades with Money and Prizes, by NEA Today From Reading to Writing: Responding to Reading Using a Reflective Journal Careers in Education Textbook Application Reading 5: Today's Students, from Becoming a Teacher, by Forrest W. Parkay Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Education Reading 6: Our Failing Schools: Enough is Enough! by Geoffrey Canada Chapter Recap Further Explorations Study Tip Using Index Cards to Study Vocabulary Health: Nutrition INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Health Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Health Vocabulary Development: Parts of Speech In-Class Health Survey Fieldwork Health Survey Graphic Analysis Reading 1: Fat Chance, by Emily Bazelon Reading 2: How Weight Training Can Help Keep the Weight Off, by Gretchen Reynolds Biographical Profile: Pierre Dukan SKILL FOCUS: Identifying the Main Idea and Topic Main Idea versus Topic Stated Main Idea versus Implied Main Idea Reading 3A: Bottlers Agree to a School Ban on Sweet Drinks, by Marian Burros and Melanie Warner Reading 3B: My Soda, My Choice (Response to Reading 3A) Reading 4: The 9 Most Common Kitchen Mistakes Even Healthy Women Make … and Why They're Robbing Your Food of Nutrients, by Amanda Pressner From Reading to Writing: Making an Outline Careers in Nutrition Textbook Application Reading 5: Tools for Healthy Eating, from Chapter 2 of Nutrition: From Science to You, 3/e, by Joan Salge Blake, Kathy D. Munoz, and Stella Volpe Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Nutrition Reading 6: A Teacher Growing Green in the South Bronx, by Steven Ritz Chapter Recap Further Explorations Study TIP Active Reading: Highlighting and Annotating Relevant Text Environmental Science: Climate Change INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Environmental Science Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Environmental Science In-Class Survey: Personal Connection to Environmental Issues Reading 1: Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says, by Carl Zimmer Reading 2: To Fight Global Warming, Some Hang a Clothesline, by Kathleen A. Hughes Biographical Profile: Chico Mendes SKILL FOCUS: Identifying Supporting Details Types of Supporting Details Major and Minor Details Reading 3: Climate Change: What You Can Do at Home, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Reading 4: My Nobel Moment, by John R. Christy Reading 5: Two Environmental Poems: Meltwater, by Maggie Butt / Give and Take, by Roger McGough From Reading to Writing: Taking Notes Careers in Environmental Science Textbook Application Reading 6: How Do Ecosystems Work? Excerpt from Biology: Life on Earth Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Sustainability Reading 7: Greening the Ghetto, by Majora Carter Chapter Recap Further Explorations Study TIP Skimming and Scanning E-Commerce: Internet Marketing INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of E-Commerce Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Internet Marketing Reading 1: www.FriesWithThat?.com, by Stephanie Rosenbloom Reading 2: UN Report Highlights Massive Internet Gender Gap, by Colin Neagle Biographical Profile: Larry Page and Sergei Brin SKILL FOCUS: Making Inferences Reading 3: Got a Search Engine Question? Ask Mr. Sullivan, by Jefferson Graham From Reading to Writing: How to Compose an Email to a Professor Textbook Application Reading 4: Emerging Markets: Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Emerging Business Online by Lara Fawzy & Lucas Dworski Reading 5: Baidu CEO Robin Li Becomes China's Richest Man, by Jimmy Chuang Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on E-Commerce Reading 6: The Electricity Metaphor for the Web's Future, by Jeff Bezos Chapter Recap Further Explorations Study TIP Communicating with the Professor: Making an Appointment Criminal Justice: Criminal Investigation INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Critical Justice Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Criminal Justice In-Class Survey: Criminal Justice Issues Fieldwork Questionnaire CSI: You Solve the Case! Reading 1: Free and Uneasy: A Long Road Back After Exoneration, and Justice Is Slow to Make Amends, by Janet Roberts and Eliabeth Stanton Reading 2: Schizophrenic Teen Looks for Justice After Murder, by Pauline Arrillaga Biographical Profile: Eric Holder, Jr. SKILL FOCUS: Fact and Opinion Facts Opinions Considering the Type of Text You're Reading Reading 3: Excerpt from The Other Wes Moore, by Wes Moore Reading 4: Library Visit, Then Held at Gunpoint: At Yale, the Police Detained My Son, by Charles Blow From Reading to Writing: Persuasive Writing Careers in Criminal Justice Textbook Application Reading 5: Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Criminal Justice Today, by Frank Schmalleger Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Criminal Justice Reading 6: We Need to Talk about an Injustice, by Bryan Stevenson Chapter Recap Further Explorations Study TIP Time Management Life Science: Nursing INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Nursing Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Nursing Reading 1: Engaging Patients in Dialogue: A Partnership, by Megan M. Krischke Reading 2: 45, Male and Now a Nurse, by Cecilia Capuzzi Simonnov Biographical Profile: Florence Nightingale SKILL FOCUS: Patterns of Organization Identifying a Pattern of Organization Commonly Used Organizational Patterns Other Useful Patterns of Organization Applying the Skill Reading 3: New Approach Addresses Substance Abuse Among Nurses, by Rick Nauert From Reading to Writing: Writing a Summary Textbook Application Reading 4: Succeeding as a Nursing Student: Excerpt from Fundamental Nursing Care by Roberta Pavy Ramont and Dee Niedringhaus Reading 5: A Nurse's Story (An Excerpt), by Peter Baida Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Practicing Medicine Reading 6: Hawa Abdi + Deqo Mohamed: Mother and Daughter Doctor-Heroes Chapter Recap Further Explorations Study TIP Patterns of Organization across Academic Disciplines Psychology: Nature Versus Nurture INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Psychology Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Psychology In-Class Survey on Gender Roles Reading 1: Why and How Do People Lie? by Richard J. Gerrig and Philip G. Zimbardo Reading 2: ""Identical Strangers"" Explore Nature vs. Nurture, by Joe Richman Biographical Profile: Sigmund Freud SKILL FOCUS: Argument Recognizing an Author's Argument Evaluating the Strength of an Author's Argument Reading 3A: No Debate: TV Violence Harms Kids, by Linda S. Mintle, PhD Reading 3B: TV Violence Doesn't Lead to Aggressive Kids, Study Says, by Joan Oleck From Reading to Writing: Keeping Double-Entry Reading Journals Textbook Application Reading 4: What Makes Psychology Unique? Excerpt from Psychology and Life, by Richard J. Gerrig and Philip G. Zimbardo Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Mental Illness Reading 5: What's So Funny about Mental Illness? by Ruby Wax Chapter Recap Further Explorations Study TIP Finding Evidence in the Text Business: Entrepreneurship INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Business Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Business Reading 1: East Meets West, but It Takes Some Practice, by Dan Levin Reading 2: China OKs iPhone 6 Sale After Apple Addresses Security Concerns, by Paul Carsten Biographical Profile: Oprah Winfrey SKILL FOCUS: The Author's Bias Determining Bias Reading 3: How She Does It--Anya Ponorovskaya, by Michele Zipp, From Reading to Writing: Writing a Cover Letter Textbook Application Reading 4: Excerpt from Understanding the U.S. Business System Reading 5: Excerpt from Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture by an Entrepreneur Reading 6: The Future of Business is the ""Mesh,"" by Lisa Gansky Chapter Recap Further Explorations Discipline Focus: Negotiating with International Business Partners Study TIP Learning Styles Political Science: American Government INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Political Science Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Political Science Create Your Own Survey with a Political Focus Reading 1: The Declaration of Independence: The Want, the Will, and Hopes of the People Reading 2: Give Non-Citizens the Right to Vote. It's Only Fair, by Ron Hayduk Reading 3: Animal Farm (an excerpt), by George Orwell Biographical Profile: Barack Hussein Obama SKILL FOCUS: Combined Skills Reading 4: Should the Voting Age Be Lowered? by Timothy Noah From Reading to Writing: Writing to a Political Representative Careers in Political Science Textbook Application Reading 5: Excerpt from Understanding the Political World: A Comparative Introduction to Political Science, 12/e, by James N. Danziger and Charles Anthony Smith Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Political Participation Reading 6: Dance to Change the World, by Mallika Sarabhai Chapter Recap Further Explorations Study TIP Improving Reading Fluency"

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David Rothman is a native New Yorker. He earned a B.A. in US History/English and an M.A. in English/Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin. David has studied overseas in Sweden and has taught abroad in both Spain and The Czech Republic. As a doctoral candidate in Linguistics at the CUNY Graduate Center, he has presented his research at international conferences in both Switzerland and Scotland. David has presented on Developmental Education pedagogy at many national conferences with his partner-in-crime, Jilani Warsi. He has co-authored two national-edition reading textbooks with Jilani Warsi: Read to Succeed: A Thematic Approach to Academic Reading and Read to Achieve: Gateway to Academic Reading; and has an integrated reading/writing textbook entitled, Read Think Write, also co-authored with Dr. Warsi. David is also an award-winning short -story writer, and is currently working on a novel.   Dr. Jilani Warsi earned an MA in English at Patna University with emphasis on descriptive linguistics, historical linguistics, and language teaching. He pursued an MA in applied linguistics at California State University in Northridge (CSUN). After receiving his master's degree in linguistics from CSUN, he taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at the same university. He joined the doctoral program in applied linguistics at Boston University and received his Ph.D. in May of 2001. He has taught in all of these locations, as well as at Salem State, Fisher, and Newbury Colleges; in the Framingham State University's International Education Program in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Poland, Costa Rica, Honduras, South Korea, Northern Marianas Islands, and Taiwan, in the Institute for English Language Programs (IEL) at Harvard University where he taught Integrated Skills, Academic Discussion, Professional Communication Workshop, Communication in Business Seminar, and Academic Writing. He currently teaches academic reading and writing in the Department of Academic Literacy at Queensborough Community College, City University of New York. He has co-authored Read to Succeed: A Thematic Approach to Academic Reading; Read to Achieve: Gateway to Academic Reading; and Read Think Write: True Integration of Reading and Writing through Academic Content. His areas of interest are second language acquisition, inter-language phonology, psycholinguistics, and morphology.  

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