Opening Doors book alone - Softcover

Cortina, Joe; Elder, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072314966 ISBN 13: 9780072314960

Verlag: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2001

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Book by Cortina Joe Elder Janet

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This intermediate-level text for Developmental Reading and Reading and Study Skills courses presents a systematic way of approaching college textbook material to help students be more efficient in their reading and studying.

Packaged with a free student CD-ROM and containing 24 full-length selections from both textbooks and popular sources, plus 2 complete textbook chapters, Opening Doors teaches essential reading comprehension skills and specific strategies for approaching college reading assignments effectively.

Biografía del autor:

Joe Cortina earned his B.A. degree in English from San Diego State University and his master’s degree and doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction in reading from the University of North Texas. He has taught undergraduate teacher education courses in reading at the University of North Texas and Texas Woman’s University. In 1981 he was selected to represent the Dallas County Community College District as a nominee for the Piper Award for Teaching Excellence. In addition, Dr. Cortina was chosen as his division’s Piper Award nominee for excellence in teaching in 1987, 1988,, and 1993. In 1992 he was selected as an honored alumnus by the Department of Elementary, Early Childhood, and Reading Education at the University of North Texas, and in 1994 he was a recipient of an Excellence Award given by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. In addition to teaching reading courses at Richland College, he has served as faculty leader of Richland’s Writing Across the Curriculum Program. Dr. Cortina has served as a member of the advisory board of The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. He is a frequent speaker at professional meetings. He has worked with Janet Elder as a writing team since 1985. Their first book, Comprehending College Textbooks: Steps to Understanding and Remembering What You Read, is now in its third edition. The second edition of Opening Doors: Understanding College Reading was published in 1998.

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• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0072314966
• ISBN 13: 9780072314960
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 768