Annotated Instructor's Edition for New Worlds: An Introduction to College Reading (DEVELOPMENTAL ENGLISH) - Softcover

Elder Professor, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0077531442 ISBN 13: 9780077531447

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2013

Synopsis

The new fifth edition of New Worlds: An Introduction to College Reading continues to offer a clear, effective, and systematic way to approach college reading assignments. New Worlds introduces the skills needed to master college-level reading, and shows how to apply those skills throughout the college curriculum and beyond.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Four Core Competencies: New Worlds addresses the four essential competencies required by most state reading tests:

Vocabulary Skills

Basic Comprehension Skills

Critical Reading Skills

Study Skills
Reading in Content Areas: Every chapter in New Worlds contains two textbook readings and one popular source reading - twenty-four in all.
Why Am I Learning This? In addition to teaching skills, New Worlds explains the purpose and application of each technique to show students the practicality of their course work.
Five Exercises per Reading: Each reading is accompanied by an Annotation Exercise that apply skills as students learn them; a Comprehension Quiz that assess student understanding; a Vocabulary Quiz that asks students to define words from their context; Writing to Enhance Understanding activities that use short answer prompts to reinforce key skills; and Site Seeing links and suggestions to guide students onto the Internet for further reading and study.
Collaboration: Exercises throughout New Worlds are provided in a format that easily adapts to collaborative work. Opportunities for collaboration are also stressed in the Instructor's Manual that accompanies the text.

About the Author:

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 first comprehensive secondary reading program in the Dallas Independent School District, and has conducted extensive staff development training for Dallas area teachers. After teaching reading and study skills courses at Richland for several years, she was asked to develop and implement an honors program for the college. After coordinating the honors program during its first six years, she resumed teaching full time. In addition to teaching reading courses, Dr. Elder periodically serves on interdisciplanary teaching teams for honors English and humanities courses. She has served on a task force that re-evaluated Richland's writing-across-the-curriculum program. She has twice received the Extra Mile Award from special services (disabilities) students, has twice 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. In 1999 she was one of three nominees for Richland's Excellence in Teaching Award. A frequent presenter at professional conferences and inservice workshops, she has a deep interest and expertise in brain friendly instruction.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0077531442
• ISBN 13: 9780077531447
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 712