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New Worlds is an introductory college reading improvement text that applies the successful approach of the authors' Opening Doors, and Comprehending College Textbooks, and Janet Elder's Exercise Your College Reading Skills in a format designed to help lower-level developmental reading students succeed in college. This approach presents skills clearly, in a structured approach that emphasizes comprehension and provides thorough, on-going practice and application of the skills.
This second edition includes fuller explanations, more practice exercises, ten new reading selections, expanded quizzes for all reading selections, and a wealth of new media support.
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New Chapter Content:
Chapter One: Brief learning styles assessment
Chapter Two: Expanded list of roots
Chapter Five: Improved formulas for implied main ideas; practice exercise on distinguishing between topics and complete sentences; and
a summary chart of three formulas for implied main ideas.
Chapter Six: A section on major and minor details
Chapter Seven: Summary chart of paragraph patterns and signal words
Chapter Eight: Tone words and definitions expanded and grouped by categories
Chapter Ten: Expanded exercises on interpreting graphic material
Expanded Selections and Exercises: There are now three reading selections in each of the first nine chapters (a total of five more than in the first edition). Each selection is accompanied by 20 multiple-choice questions (double the number in the first edition) with a reviewer-requested additional distractor. The reading selection quizzes now include questions on roots, as well as reading skills application questions, and finally, reading comprehension practice exercises now include four multiple-choice answer options.
Visuals and Support Material: New Worlds offers an expanded selection of photographs and visual aids, as well as a complete Online Learning Center, a new Annotated Instructor's Edition, and a revised Instructor's Manual and Test Bank.
Competencies for State Reading Tests: New Worlds addresses the four essential competencies required by most state reading tests (such those mandated by Texas and Florida):
Vocabulary Skills
Basic Comprehension Skills
Critical Reading Skills
Study Skills
Systematic Approach: New Worlds offers a systematic approach to essential comprehension skills. Part II (Chapters 3-7) presents basic comprehension skills, which students then are asked to practice and use cumulatively throughout the text. This thorough, logical approach teaches students to bootstrap themselves into comprehension of textbook material. Part III (Chapters 8-9) focuses on thinking and reading critically. These two parts comprise the important comprehension core of the text. Part I (Chapters 1-2) focuses on getting a successful start in college and developing a college-level vocabulary. Part IV (Chapters 10-11) introduces basic study skills.
Reading in Content Areas: All of the excerpts in New Worlds come from (or are adapted from) widely-used, current college textbooks or other materials of the sort beginning college students are likely to encounter. This helps underprepared students to understand the real demands of actual college reading, as well as to develop the skills to handle that reading.
About the Author
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.
Janet Elder was graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas in Austin with a B.A. in English and Latin. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She was the recipient of a government fellowship for Southern Methodist University’s Reading Research Program, which resulted in a master’s degree. Her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction in reading is from Texas Woman’s University, where the College of Education presented her the Outstanding Dissertation Award. She established the Richland College Honors Program and directed it for many years. She periodically serves as a member of the teaching teams in honors English and humanities courses. She has served ona task force that reevaluated Richland’s college-wide writing program. She received the Extra Mile Award from special services students, has been her division’s Piper Award nominee for excellence in teaching, and in 1993 received an Excellence Award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. She used a recent sabbatical to create multimedia instructional materials. In addition, Dr. Elder and Dr. Gonnet co-authored the reading section of How to Prepare for the TASP, 2/e, a study guide for entering college students who must take the Texas Academic Skills Program Test.Dr. Elder serves as a presenter at many professional conferences.
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