Essential Study Skills
- ISBN-10
- 0618003959
- ISBN-13
- 9780618003952
- Series
- Essential Study Skills
- Category
- Education / Schools / Levels / Higher
- Pages
- 314
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Author
- Linda Wong
Description
A useful resource for postsecondary students of all backgrounds, "Essential Study Skills offers an encouraging tone, clear rationales, versatile exercises, and ample feedback, making it particularly helpful for at-risk students, adults returning to school, and students with learning disabilities. The text is designed both to enable instructors to regulate the pace of the coverage and to support independent student use. Emphasis for classroom use is on discussions, application, critical thinking, and personalization.This edition features a stronger emphasis on the adult returning student.A "Quick Start section opens the text, providing essential skills that can be implemented within the first week of class.Each chapter opens with a self-awareness writing profile and closes with a profile journal-writing assignment. Additional new features include more diverse textbook excerpts, web site boxes with assignments and explorations, and portfolio and projects.
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