College Reading with the Active Critical Thinking Method

College Reading with the Active Critical Thinking Method
Author: Janet Maker
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-08
Genre: College readers
ISBN: 9780155066816

Teaches fundamental and critical reading skills in the context of high-interest readings. For lower level developmental reading courses, Book 1 offers a six-step method for acquiring skills in both critical and study reading.

The Active Reader

The Active Reader
Author: Eric Henderson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Academic writing
ISBN: 9780195439748

Now in a second edition, The Active Reader offers a practical, integrated treatment of academic reading and writing at the post-secondary level. Thirty-eight thought-provoking essays that highlight a variety of disciplines and rhetorical patterns are accompanied by comprehension and analysisexercises that encourage students to apply critical thinking skills to common assignments. Featuring an abundance of engaging new readings and learning aids throughout, along with an eye-catching redesign, this edition helps students become confident readers and writers.

Critical Thinking for Sports Students

Critical Thinking for Sports Students
Author: Emily Ryall
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2010-04-26
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1844456781

A really useful textbook to help undergraduate students construct arguments in their writing, and raise their writing abilities to a higher level. The book also provides useful examples that relates to sports students. - Hassan Khalil, Hertfordshire University "A fantastic text and one we use regularly with undergraduate and postgraduates." - Abbe Brady, Gloucestershire University The capacity to think critically is essential for success in sport courses in higher education. This book provides all those involved in the study of sport with the tools to assess, construct and present arguments and to analyse and evaluate material. The emphasis is on the application of critical thinking – in the form of written arguments, discussion and negotiation. Throughout, the text and examples are presented within the context of sport, helping students to more easily apply their learning to their subject area.

The International Critical Thinking Reading and Writing Test

The International Critical Thinking Reading and Writing Test
Author: Richard Paul
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 71
Release: 2019-06-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1538133962

Developed by the Foundation for Critical Thinking, The International Critical Thinking Reading and Writing Test assesses the extent to which students have acquired the reading and writing abilities required for skilled analysis and evaluation. These skills are essential to the educated mind and should be considered core elements of any educational program. Through rubrics, this essay-based test measures the extent to which students can skillfully interpret, analyze, and assess what they read. The test fosters close reading and substantive writing abilities and is designed for secondary and higher education students. As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues within every field of study across the world.

Active Reading

Active Reading
Author: Ben Knights
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2008-08-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1847062636

This book makes a practical case that re-writing should be a core activity for English students, complementing analytical activity, and providing bridges between creative writing, media studies, and traditional forms of reading and criticism.

Academic Reading with Academic Critical Thinking

Academic Reading with Academic Critical Thinking
Author: Janet Maker
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages:
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780534220235

This book offers a coherent strategy (ACT-Active Critical Thinking) for reading academic texts with a critical perspective.

Engaging Ideas

Engaging Ideas
Author: John C. Bean
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2011-07-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118062337

Learn to design interest-provoking writing and critical thinking activities and incorporate them into your courses in a way that encourages inquiry, exploration, discussion, and debate, with Engaging Ideas, a practical nuts-and-bolts guide for teachers from any discipline. Integrating critical thinking with writing-across-the-curriculum approaches, the book shows how teachers from any discipline can incorporate these activities into their courses. This edition features new material dealing with genre and discourse community theory, quantitative/scientific literacy, blended and online learning, and other current issues.