New worlds : an introduction to college reading / Joe Cortina, Janet Elder.

By: Cortina, Joe [author]
Contributor(s): Elder, Janet, 1947-
Language: English Publisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2000Description: xxiii, 515 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 0073660299 (alk. paper); 9780073660295Subject(s): Reading (Higher education) | College readersDDC classification: 428.40711 C818 2000 LOC classification: LB2395.3 | .C68 2000Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents
Contents:
PART 1: A NEW WORLD OF LEARNING: GETTING STARTED IN COLLEGE Chapter 1: Being Successful in College: A New World of Reading and Studying Reading Selection 1: Coping with Stress and Making It Work for You (Wellness) Chapter 2: Developing a College Vocabulary: A New World of Words Reading Selection 2: Road Rage: Aggressive Driving (Health) PART 2: A NEW WORLD OF UNDERSTANDING: USING CORE COMPREHENSION SKILLS TO READ COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS Chapter 3: Determining the Topic Reading Selection 3: Three Parenting Styles (Human Development) Chapter 4: Locating the Stated Main Idea Reading Selection 4: Identifying Your Job Opportunities (Marketing) Chapter 5: Formulating Implied Main Ideas Reading Selection 5: The Vietnam Memorial and the AIDS Quilt (Art appreciation) Chapter 6: Identifying Supporting Details Reading Selection 6-1: Smart Cards (Information technology) Reading Selection 6-2: Buddha (History) Chapter 7: Recognizing Authors? Writing Patterns Reading Selection 7-1: The Common Cold (Health) Reading Selection 7-2: Theory X and Theory Y (Business) PART 3: A NEW WORLD OF THINKING CRITICALLY Chapter 8: Reading Critically Reading Selection 8-1: ?A Day Away? from Wouldn?t Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou (Literature) Reading Selection 8-2: ?A Passage of Hands?: from About This Life by Barry Lopez (Literature) Chapter 9: Reading Critically to Evaluate Written Material Reading Selection 9-1: Police Power in Japan (Sociology) Reading Selection 9-2: Dual-Earner Couples (Human development) PART 4: A NEW WORLD OF STUDYING Chapter 10: Approaching College Reading and Studying Reading Selection 10: Sole Proprietorships (Business) Chapter 11: Applying Core Comprehension Skills When You Study Reading Selection 11: AIDS (Health)
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Includes index.

PART 1: A NEW WORLD OF LEARNING: GETTING STARTED IN COLLEGE
Chapter 1: Being Successful in College: A New World of Reading and Studying
Reading Selection 1: Coping with Stress and Making It Work for You (Wellness)
Chapter 2: Developing a College Vocabulary: A New World of Words
Reading Selection 2: Road Rage: Aggressive Driving (Health)

PART 2: A NEW WORLD OF UNDERSTANDING: USING CORE COMPREHENSION SKILLS TO READ COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS
Chapter 3: Determining the Topic
Reading Selection 3: Three Parenting Styles (Human Development)
Chapter 4: Locating the Stated Main Idea
Reading Selection 4: Identifying Your Job Opportunities (Marketing)
Chapter 5: Formulating Implied Main Ideas
Reading Selection 5: The Vietnam Memorial and the AIDS Quilt (Art appreciation)
Chapter 6: Identifying Supporting Details
Reading Selection 6-1: Smart Cards (Information technology)
Reading Selection 6-2: Buddha (History)
Chapter 7: Recognizing Authors? Writing Patterns
Reading Selection 7-1: The Common Cold (Health)
Reading Selection 7-2: Theory X and Theory Y (Business)

PART 3: A NEW WORLD OF THINKING CRITICALLY
Chapter 8: Reading Critically
Reading Selection 8-1: ?A Day Away? from Wouldn?t Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou (Literature)
Reading Selection 8-2: ?A Passage of Hands?: from About This Life by Barry Lopez (Literature)
Chapter 9: Reading Critically to Evaluate Written Material
Reading Selection 9-1: Police Power in Japan (Sociology)
Reading Selection 9-2: Dual-Earner Couples (Human development)

PART 4: A NEW WORLD OF STUDYING
Chapter 10: Approaching College Reading and Studying
Reading Selection 10: Sole Proprietorships (Business)
Chapter 11: Applying Core Comprehension Skills When You Study
Reading Selection 11: AIDS (Health)

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