Comprehending College Textbooks: Steps To Understanding and Remembering What You Read - Softcover

Cortina, Joe; Elder, Janet; Gonnett, Katherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070240582 ISBN 13: 9780070240582

Verlag: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 1995

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Created for developmental reading and study skills courses, Comprehending College Textbooks focuses on college textbook reading comprehension. Utilizing a theoretical framework that encourages interaction and thinking, the text provides a systematic approach to the reading process and reinforces concepts, skills, and strategies though practice and pedagogically effective repetition. This edition features a new chapter-length selection as well as three additional 3-5 page textbook excerpts, all accompanied by comprehension quizzes.

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Created for developmental reading and study skills courses, Comprehending College Textbooks focuses on college textbook reading comprehension. The text provides a systematic approach to the reading process and reinforces concepts, skills, and strategies through practice and effective repetition.

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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: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0070240582
• ISBN 13: 9780070240582
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 544