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Critical Reading, Critical Thinking: Focusing on Contemporary Issues de Richard C. Pirozzi

Critical Reading, Critical Thinking: Focusing on Contemporary Issues: Myreadinglab

Autor Richard C. Pirozzi, Gretchen Starks-Martin, Julie Bonadonna Dziewisz
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 2010
"Critical Reading, Critical Thinking "uses compelling contemporary issues to engage students in reading and thinking about a range of relevant topics and encourages them to apply the skills presented in the text to everyday issues. Each passage or reading is followed by thought-provoking questions that motivate students to use higher-level thinking strategies to address or respond to the issue.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780205835225
ISBN-10: 0205835228
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 185 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.62 kg
Ediția:4
Editura: Longman Publishing Group
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Cuprins

Every chapter begins with To Think About! and ends with Think Again! And Looking Back!Looking Forward features. Every chapter includes two to four Mastery Tests. PART ONE B A C K T O B A S I C S CHAPTER 1 Understanding Vocabulary: A Review The Power of Words Using Context Clues Using Word Parts: Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes Recognizing Word Denotation and Connotation Using a Glossary Using the Dictionary Learning and Reviewing Vocabulary Words WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CHAPTER 2 Understanding What You Read: A Review Distinguishing Topics, Main Ideas, Major Details, and Minor Details Recognizing Patterns of Organization Uncovering the Central Message of a Longer Selection Summarizing and Paraphrasing WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The Fair Evangeline CHAPTER 3 Getting the Most Out of Your Textbooks: A Review Overviewing Your Textbooks Previewing Textbook Chapters Reading a Textbook Chapter Critically: Questions and Answers Textbook Reading Strategies: SQ4R, Concept Mapping, and KWL WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Witness the Cat Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson PART TWO D E A L I N G W I T H C O M P L E X I T Y CHAPTER 4 Critical Thinking and Contemporary Issues Critical Thinking Versus Random Thinking Benefits and Uses of Critical Thinking Characteristics of Critical Thinking Critical Listening What Is a Contemporary Issue? Eye on Vocabulary WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson CHAPTER 5 Basic Problem Solving Problem-Solving Exercise What Is a Problem? 2 What Is a Solution? How Do You Solve Problems? Problem Solving and Critical Thinking A Basic Method for Personal Problem Solving Applying the Method to a Typical Problem Situation Eye on Vocabulary WSI: Web Site Investigation: Problem Solving LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson PART THREE C R I T I C A L R E A D I N G : E V A L U A T I N G W H AT Y O U R E A D CHAPTER 6 Using Inference Problem-Solving Exercise 2 What Is Critical Reading? Drawing Inferences Looking at the World with a Questioning Mind Using Inferences with Contemporary Issues and Problem Solving Eye on Vocabulary WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CHAPTER 7 Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions Problem-Solving Exercise What Is a Fact? What Is an Opinion? Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions Facts and Opinions in Combination Relating Facts and Opinions to Problem Solving and Contemporary Issues Eye on Vocabulary WSI: Web Site Investigation: Fact and Opinion LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CHAPTER 8 Recognizing Purpose and Tone Problem-Solving Exercise The Importance of Recognizing Purpose Eye on Vocabulary The Importance of Recognizing Tone Eye on Vocabulary WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CHAPTER 9 Looking at Advertisements and the Internet with a Critical Eye Problem-Solving Exercise Advertisements and Critical Thinking Evaluating an Advertisement WSI: Web Site Investigation: Advertisements Evaluating E-Mails Evaluating Web Sites Eye on Vocabulary 427 WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson Solving One More Mystery WSI: Web Site Investigation Glossary Credits Index

Notă biografică

Dr. Gretchen Starks-Martin is a professor emerita at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota and a part-time professor of reading/writing at the College of St. Benedict in Collegeville, MN and online at Bethel University in Nashville, TN. She has taught reading in middle school in Michigan before teaching reading at the technical college, community college, and university levels in Minnesota and New York. She was involved in a NY State Learning Disabilities Teacher Training Grant and in National Institute for Literacy Learning Disabilities training. She is a certified online evaluator for Quality Matters, which certifies online courses at the college level. She has co-authored a textbook," "Critical Reading, Critical Thinking: Focusing on Contemporary Issues,"" which is in its 4th edition for Pearson Education. In 2009 she received a Fulbright Specialist Scholarship to South Africa, focusing on literacy. She has served on the Minnesota State College and University Committee on Assessment of College Readiness and on a team evaluating "First Generation Student Programs" for the Institute of Higher Education Policy in Washington, D.C. Currently she is a QEP Evaluator for the Southern Commission on Colleges and conducts internal and external reviews and training workshops in reading and writing. Julie Dziewisz Teacher, Reading Consultant, Adjunct instructor in Masters Reading program, Director of Language Arts/Compensatory Education, Assistant Superintendent, Independent Educational Consultant, Assistant Professor Julie has presented at several conferences and seminars in the field of reading, educational administration, library media, technology and TESOL. She has been an active member in several local, state, and national organizations in the field of reading, educational administration, library, ESOL, technology and curriculum instruction. Julie was the recipient of the NYS TESOL James Lydon Distinguished Service Award at the 2011 NYS TESOL annual conference, for her 10 year service as a NYS TESOL Executive Board Member and "Idiom" Editor. Her work in northern New York State earned her special awards and recognition for programs-she supervised in the late '90s: - She was presented the Beatrice E. Griggs Elementary Administrator Award -presented at New York State School Library Media Section Annual Conference- District recognition in national publication for exemplary practices and policies in technology- "Making Technology Happen"- State and National recognition of ESOL program as exemplary program through National Research Center on English Language Learning and Achievement, University at Albany