PATTERNS PLUS A Short Prose Reader with Argumentation

Conlin, Mary Lou

ISBN 10: 0395899591 / ISBN 13: 9780395899595

Published by Houghton Mifflin College Div, 1998

About this Item

Some edge wear.; 9.1 X 6.5 X 0.6 inches; 349 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PATTERNS PLUS A Short Prose Reader with Argumentation
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395899591
• ISBN 13: 9780395899595
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

In this new edition,Patterns Plusretains its hallmark features of diverse readings, rhetorical organization, and easy-to-use writing pedagogy and apparatus while adapting to the needs and interest of the contemporary student.

About the Author

Mary Lou Conlin completed her education at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, earning a B.A. and M.A. in English, and a Ph.D. in education with concentrations in special education, reading, and curriculum. Conlin worked for over twenty-five years teaching English Composition and developing curriculum for developmental reading and writing at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio. She developed individualized reading and writing instruction, and also established a Learning Center staffed with instructional assistants and tutors who provided both individual and small group instruction. In addition, Conlin developed computer-assisted instruction and tracking in the early 1980s.Her publications include PATTERNS, PATTERNS PLUS, CONCEPTS OF COMMUNICATION: WRITING, and CONCEPTS OF COMMUNICATION: READING. The Concepts texts, a modular series, became the basis for the individualized program provided through the Learning Center. Other publications include SIMON PERKINS OF THE WESTERN RESERVE, a biography of an early land agent of the Western Reserve published by the Western Reserve Historical Society.