Landscapes: Groundwork for College Reading (New 1st Editions in Developmental English)
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (504 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0495913162 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 608 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Paula Akin said Five Stars. gift for student
Since metacognition can best be understood as thinking about "thinking," the text consistently presents new information with written "think alouds" to model the thought process involved in applying skills and strategies to reading passages. LANDSCAPES is a comprehensive college reading preparatory text (spanning grade levels 8-10) that takes a metacognitive approach and focuses on how the brain processes information, often referred to as brain-based learning. Based on the premise that the brain learns best through organization of information, the text presents the recognition of text structure and organization as a fundamental skill--one that is especially important for students who have limited prior knowledge of a subject. This focus on text structure provides a scaffold onto which developmental-level readers can apply new knowledge. Information is presented in a carefully crafted sequence that serves to build upon prior knowledge and expand understanding of skills and strategies in a recursive manner.
If I told colleagues about this text, I would tell them that it covers about the same concepts that we cover now, but the readings are more interesting, practical, and beneficial, and the concepts are all presented in a correlated fashion that relates to real, natural reading." . I have tried this method throughout my years, and have found in to be most helpful to students. The continued reference to previous chapters' instruction is laudable.""The interwoven presentation of concepts is the most compelling feature along with the content of all the readings. "I again wish to commend the author's continued use of the cumulative approach in the pedagogy
Christine Evans Carter is a Professor at St. Prior to her appointment in St. Christine has a BA in English and an MA in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Connecticut (1984, 1988), and a MS in Reading from Western Illinois University (1994). In addition, she has acquired more than a PhD level of graduate credit in her field. She has made numerous presentations in her field at both national and regional conferences. She has also taught as an ad