Landscapes: Groundwork for College Reading (New 1st Editions in Developmental English) - Softcover

Carter, Christine Evans

9780495913160: Landscapes: Groundwork for College Reading (New 1st Editions in Developmental English)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495913162 ISBN 13: 9780495913160

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2012

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. 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. 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.

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About the Author:

Raised in Toronto, Christine Evans Carter is a professor of reading in the English department and has taught reading and writing at St. Louis Community College for almost 20 years. She holds two master's degrees in anthropology and reading along with a graduate certificate in gender studies. She has published two textbooks about reading skills and strategies for college learners with Cengage.

Review:

"I again wish to commend the author's continued use of the cumulative approach in the pedagogy. 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. 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."

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