Writing Disciplines: APA Guide - Softcover

Kennedy Ph.D. PE, William J.; Kennedy, Mary Lynch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013048475X ISBN 13: 9780130484758

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 2004

Synopsis

This reader provides a firm grounding in academic writing, showing students how to read academic texts and use them as sources for college papers. Offering a broad and comprehensive selection of readings to help students develop their abilities to think critically and reason cogently, it shows them how to work individually and collaboratively as they move through the entire process of writing from sources—from reading the original source to planning, drafting and revising essays.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Writing in the Disciplines: A Reader for Writers, Fifth Edition, provides an anthology of readings that represents various rhetorical approaches across academic disciplines such as humanities, the natural sciences and technology, and the social sciences.

New to the Fifth Edition:

• New selections, featuring exciting and often controversial articles on topics ranging from cloning to saving endangered species to security in the wake of September 11th to the changing American family.
• All new suites of articles dedicated to current topics such as "Rethinking School" and "Religion and Identity."
• Many collaborative activities are offered to facilitate group work and strategies for learning through interaction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013048475X
• ISBN 13: 9780130484758
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4