Author: Janet Maker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Academic Reading with Active Critical Thinking
The Active Reader
Author: Eric Henderson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195439748
Category : Academic writing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Now in a second edition, The Active Reader offers a practical, integrated treatment of academic reading and writing at the post-secondary level. Thirty-eight thought-provoking essays that highlight a variety of disciplines and rhetorical patterns are accompanied by comprehension and analysisexercises that encourage students to apply critical thinking skills to common assignments. Featuring an abundance of engaging new readings and learning aids throughout, along with an eye-catching redesign, this edition helps students become confident readers and writers.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195439748
Category : Academic writing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Now in a second edition, The Active Reader offers a practical, integrated treatment of academic reading and writing at the post-secondary level. Thirty-eight thought-provoking essays that highlight a variety of disciplines and rhetorical patterns are accompanied by comprehension and analysisexercises that encourage students to apply critical thinking skills to common assignments. Featuring an abundance of engaging new readings and learning aids throughout, along with an eye-catching redesign, this edition helps students become confident readers and writers.
Academic Reading with Active Critical Thinking
Author: Lenier
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780534220211
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780534220211
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The International Critical Thinking Reading and Writing Test
Author: Richard Paul
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538133962
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Developed by the Foundation for Critical Thinking, The International Critical Thinking Reading and Writing Test assesses the extent to which students have acquired the reading and writing abilities required for skilled analysis and evaluation. These skills are essential to the educated mind and should be considered core elements of any educational program. Through rubrics, this essay-based test measures the extent to which students can skillfully interpret, analyze, and assess what they read. The test fosters close reading and substantive writing abilities and is designed for secondary and higher education students. As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues within every field of study across the world.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538133962
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Developed by the Foundation for Critical Thinking, The International Critical Thinking Reading and Writing Test assesses the extent to which students have acquired the reading and writing abilities required for skilled analysis and evaluation. These skills are essential to the educated mind and should be considered core elements of any educational program. Through rubrics, this essay-based test measures the extent to which students can skillfully interpret, analyze, and assess what they read. The test fosters close reading and substantive writing abilities and is designed for secondary and higher education students. As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues within every field of study across the world.
College Reading with the Active Critical Thinking Method
Author: Janet Maker
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780534518516
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780534518516
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Active Reading
Author: Ben Knights
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1847062636
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This book makes a practical case that re-writing should be a core activity for English students, complementing analytical activity, and providing bridges between creative writing, media studies, and traditional forms of reading and criticism.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1847062636
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This book makes a practical case that re-writing should be a core activity for English students, complementing analytical activity, and providing bridges between creative writing, media studies, and traditional forms of reading and criticism.
Critical Thinking for Sports Students
Author: Emily Ryall
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1844456781
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A really useful textbook to help undergraduate students construct arguments in their writing, and raise their writing abilities to a higher level. The book also provides useful examples that relates to sports students. - Hassan Khalil, Hertfordshire University "A fantastic text and one we use regularly with undergraduate and postgraduates." - Abbe Brady, Gloucestershire University The capacity to think critically is essential for success in sport courses in higher education. This book provides all those involved in the study of sport with the tools to assess, construct and present arguments and to analyse and evaluate material. The emphasis is on the application of critical thinking – in the form of written arguments, discussion and negotiation. Throughout, the text and examples are presented within the context of sport, helping students to more easily apply their learning to their subject area.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1844456781
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A really useful textbook to help undergraduate students construct arguments in their writing, and raise their writing abilities to a higher level. The book also provides useful examples that relates to sports students. - Hassan Khalil, Hertfordshire University "A fantastic text and one we use regularly with undergraduate and postgraduates." - Abbe Brady, Gloucestershire University The capacity to think critically is essential for success in sport courses in higher education. This book provides all those involved in the study of sport with the tools to assess, construct and present arguments and to analyse and evaluate material. The emphasis is on the application of critical thinking – in the form of written arguments, discussion and negotiation. Throughout, the text and examples are presented within the context of sport, helping students to more easily apply their learning to their subject area.
Academic Reading with Academic Critical Thinking
Author: Janet Maker
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780534220235
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This book offers a coherent strategy (ACT-Active Critical Thinking) for reading academic texts with a critical perspective.
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780534220235
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This book offers a coherent strategy (ACT-Active Critical Thinking) for reading academic texts with a critical perspective.
Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing
Author: Sylvan Barnet
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN: 9781457649974
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
PACKAGE THIS TITLE WITH OUR 2016 MLA SUPPLEMENT, Documenting Sources in MLA Style (package ISBN-13: 9781319084370). Get the most recent updates on MLA citation in a convenient, 40-page resource based on The MLA Handbook, 8th Edition, with plenty of models. Browse our catalog or contact your representative for a full listing of updated titles and packages, or to request a custom ISBN. Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing is a compact but complete guide to critical thinking and argumentation. Comprising the text portion of the widely adopted Current Issues and Enduring Questions, it draws on the authors’ dual expertise in effective persuasive writing and comprehensive rhetorical strategies to help students move from critical thinking to argumentative and researched writing. This extraordinarily versatile text includes comprehensive coverage of classic and contemporary approaches to argument, from Aristotelian to Toulmin, to a new chapter on rhetorical analysis of pop culture texts, as well as 35 readings (including e-Pages that allow students to take advantage of working with multimodal arguments on the Web), and a casebook on the state and the individual. This affordable guide can stand alone or supplement a larger anthology of readings.
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN: 9781457649974
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
PACKAGE THIS TITLE WITH OUR 2016 MLA SUPPLEMENT, Documenting Sources in MLA Style (package ISBN-13: 9781319084370). Get the most recent updates on MLA citation in a convenient, 40-page resource based on The MLA Handbook, 8th Edition, with plenty of models. Browse our catalog or contact your representative for a full listing of updated titles and packages, or to request a custom ISBN. Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing is a compact but complete guide to critical thinking and argumentation. Comprising the text portion of the widely adopted Current Issues and Enduring Questions, it draws on the authors’ dual expertise in effective persuasive writing and comprehensive rhetorical strategies to help students move from critical thinking to argumentative and researched writing. This extraordinarily versatile text includes comprehensive coverage of classic and contemporary approaches to argument, from Aristotelian to Toulmin, to a new chapter on rhetorical analysis of pop culture texts, as well as 35 readings (including e-Pages that allow students to take advantage of working with multimodal arguments on the Web), and a casebook on the state and the individual. This affordable guide can stand alone or supplement a larger anthology of readings.
How to Read a Paragraph
Author: Richard Paul
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538133822
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
How to Read a Paragraph introduces the importance of purposeful skilled reading and lays out methods by which to develop close reading skills using the tools of critical thinking. Developing these skills enables students to read for deep understanding, to properly analyze and assess what they read, and to reason within the logic of an author. As readers engage with the thinking of authors and uncover their assumptions and motivations, they glean the most useful information from their written work. This book pairs with How to Write a Paragraph to offer an in-depth introduction to effective reading and writing skills. Activities in the book help sharpen reading comprehension skills for an elevated level of self-understanding, fulfillment, and depth of vision. As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues within every field of study across world.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538133822
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
How to Read a Paragraph introduces the importance of purposeful skilled reading and lays out methods by which to develop close reading skills using the tools of critical thinking. Developing these skills enables students to read for deep understanding, to properly analyze and assess what they read, and to reason within the logic of an author. As readers engage with the thinking of authors and uncover their assumptions and motivations, they glean the most useful information from their written work. This book pairs with How to Write a Paragraph to offer an in-depth introduction to effective reading and writing skills. Activities in the book help sharpen reading comprehension skills for an elevated level of self-understanding, fulfillment, and depth of vision. As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues within every field of study across world.