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Critical reading in higher education : academic goals and social engagement / Karen Manarin, Miriam Carey, Melanie Rathburn, and Glen Ryland.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Scholarship of teaching and learningPublisher: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253018984
  • 0253018986
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Critical reading in higher education.DDC classification:
  • 428.40711 23
LOC classification:
  • LB2395.3 .M26 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Different Courses, Common Concern -- 2 Can Students Read? -- 3 Critical Reading for Academic Purposes -- 4 Critical Reading for Social Engagement -- 5 So Now What? -- Introduction to the Appendixes -- Appendix 1: Rubrics and Worksheets -- Appendix 2: Taxonomy of Absence Regarding Social Engagement -- Appendix 3: Coda on Collaboration -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: "Faculty often worry that students can't of won't read critically, a foundational skill for success in academic purposes and reading for social engagement. This volume is based on collaborative, multidisciplinary research into how students read in first-year courses in subjects ranging from scientific literacy to composition. The authors discovered the good (students can read), the bad (students are not reading for social engagement), and the ugly (class assignments may be setting students up for failure) and they offer strategies that can better engage students and provide more meaningful reading experiences"--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Different Courses, Common Concern -- 2 Can Students Read? -- 3 Critical Reading for Academic Purposes -- 4 Critical Reading for Social Engagement -- 5 So Now What? -- Introduction to the Appendixes -- Appendix 1: Rubrics and Worksheets -- Appendix 2: Taxonomy of Absence Regarding Social Engagement -- Appendix 3: Coda on Collaboration -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

"Faculty often worry that students can't of won't read critically, a foundational skill for success in academic purposes and reading for social engagement. This volume is based on collaborative, multidisciplinary research into how students read in first-year courses in subjects ranging from scientific literacy to composition. The authors discovered the good (students can read), the bad (students are not reading for social engagement), and the ugly (class assignments may be setting students up for failure) and they offer strategies that can better engage students and provide more meaningful reading experiences"--Back cover.

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