Together, the content of Contexts: Reading in the Disciplines, the author created teaching resources, and Connect Reading (a state of the art learning technology) represent a cohesive instructional framework to accelerate college readiness.  Connect Reading  has been built from the ground up to address the specific needs of reading courses and various redesign models of instruction.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1It’s Up to You: Taking Ownership of COLLEGE LEARNING . . . 1Key Terms           2 Choosing Success             2 SELECTION: Success Is a Choice  2 Set Goals             4 Manage Your Time Effectively    5 Control Your Concentration         9 Monitor Your Progress  11 Discover Your Learning Style       14 You’re on Your Way        20 SELECTION: This Is Not Your High School English Class      20 Sum It Up! It’s Up to You: Taking Ownership of College Learning                23 Chapter 2Active Reading Strategies for Managing College Texts: BuildSkills Reading about SOCIOLOGY     24Key Terms           25 Become an Active Reader            25 Metacognition  26 Survey Your Textbook   26 Access Prior Knowledge                28 Preview the Chapter or Selection             29 SELECTION: Groups and Organizations   33 Read for a Purpose: Asking and Answering Your Own Questions                39 Before You Read: Preview Questions     39 While You Read: Guide Questions            40 While You Read: Monitoring Questions  40 After You Read: Study Questions              40 SELECTION: Privacy and Censorship in a Global Village     44 Manage Your Textbook: Highlight, Annotate, and Take Marginal Notes  45 Highlighting        46 Annotating and Marginal Notes 46 Adjust Your Reading Rate to Meet Your Needs  49 Tips for Determining Reading Times        49 Sum It Up! Are You Ready to Read? Active Reading Strategies for Managing College Texts    51 Chapter 3Developing a College-Level Vocabulary: Build Skills Reading about PSYCHOLOGY 52Key Terms           53 The Importance of Having a Good Vocabulary    53 Discipline-Specific Vocabulary    54 SELECTION: Escape and Avoidance Conditioning                54 Academic Vocabulary     55 SELECTION: Language    56 Using Context Clues to Learn the Meaning of Words       57 Definition Clues                57 Synonym Clues 60 Contrast and Antonym Clues      61 Example Clues   63 Inference Clues                65 A Word about Word Parts            70 Prefixes               70 Roots    73 Suffixes                76 Compound Words           81 SELECTION: The Bilingual Brain   83 Figurative Language        85 Metaphors         86 Similes  86 Personification  87 Hyperbole           87 Idioms  89 Sum It Up! Developing a College-Level Vocabulary           92 Chapter 4Identifying the Main Idea in College Reading: Build Skills Reading about PERSONAL AND FAMILY HEALTH               93Key Terms           94 The Main Idea   94 Two Steps for Identifying the Main Idea                95 Step 1: Identify the Topic             95 Step 2: Determine the Author’s Most Important Point about the Topic   100 SELECTION:  The Dimensions of Health   106 SELECTION: Time Management 107 SELECTION: The Environmental Aspects of Stress Management 108 Implied Main Ideas         109 Finding the Implied (Unstated) Main Idea in Paragraphs                109 SELECTION: Procrastination         116 SELECTION: Physical Activity and Weight Management   118 Sum It Up! Identifying the Main Idea in College Reading                120 Chapter 5Finding and Using Important Details in College Reading: Build Skills Reading about PERSONALAND COMMUNITY HEALTH          121Key Terms           122 Finding and Using the Important Details                122 Identifying Supporting Details    123 SELECTION: Today’s College Students     123 Using Transitions to Locate Supporting Details    127 SELECTION: Assuming Responsibility       128 Types of Transitions        129 Additional Items               129 Examples             130 Explanations and Reasons            131 Sequence            132 Comparison and Contrast             133 Studying Supporting Details        135 SELECTION: International Nutritional Concerns   138 SELECTION: The Patient’s Bill of Rights and the Nurse’s Responsibilities  139 Sum It Up! Finding and Using Important Details in College Reading           141 Chapter 6Rehearsing the Information: Build Skills Reading about BUSINESS AND MARKETING         142Key Terms           143 Rehearsing Information                143 Paraphrasing      143 Sample Paraphrase         144 Outlining              146 Example of an Outline   146 Summarizing      148 SELECTION: International Trade Barriers: Social and Cultural Differences                149 Sample Summary             150 SELECTION: Giraffas: A Brazilian Restaurant Chain Changes Its Spots When It Lands in the United States       151 Using Visuals to Organize Information    152 Concept Maps   153 Tables   155 Timelines             156 SELECTION: Legal and Social Issues in Internet Marketing              156 Process Diagram or Flowchart    157 SELECTION: The Scientific Method and Marketing Research         158 Venn Diagrams 159 SELECTION: Ben & Jerry’s, Vermont’s Finest        161 SELECTION: The Netflix Launch and Its Continually Changing Business Model                161 SELECTION: Social and Traditional Media in Marketing     162 SELECTION: The Role of Culture and Subculture in Marketing      163 Sum It Up! Rehearsing the Information 165 Chapter 7Identifying and Integrating Patterns of Organization: Build Skills Reading about CRIMINAL JUSTICE      166Key Terms           167 Organizational Writing Patterns 167 Definition Pattern            169 Listing or Enumeration Pattern  171 Sequence Pattern           173 Chronological Order        173 Chronological Order with Graphics           174 Process Order   177 Spatial Order      178 Spatial Order with Graphics         179 Order of Importance      181 Classification Pattern      182 SELECTION: Inmate Rehabilitation Programs        184 Classification and Graphics           185 Comparison and Contrast Pattern            186 Comparison and Contrast with Graphics                188 Cause-and-Effect Pattern            189 Generalization and Example Pattern       191 SELECTION: Elder Adult Inmates                192 Problem and Solution Pattern    193 Mixed Patterns 194 SELECTION: Custody Level vs. Security Level        195 SELECTION: Women in Prison     196 Sum It Up! Identifying and Integrating Writing Patterns 200 Chapter 8Making Inferences and Reading Critically: Build Skills Reading about COMMUNICATIONS   203Key Terms           204 Critical Reading 204 Making Inferences          205 SELECTION: What Is Mass Communication?         206 SELECTION: What Is Culture?      207 SELECTION: Limiting and Liberating Effects of Culture      207 SELECTION: The Coming of Paperback Books       208 SELECTION: Making Friends with E-Books             208 Determining an Author’s Purpose for Writing     209 Writing to Inform             209 Writing to Instruct           210 Writing to Entertain        211 Writing to Persuade        211 Considering the Audience            212 Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions         214 Facts      214 Opinions              215 Facts and Opinions          215 Detecting the Tone         218 SELECTION: A Short History of Television               219 SELECTION: Can’t Find Them or They Aren’t There?         220 Denotation and Connotation      221 SELECTION: TV Violence: Bashing, Crashing, Overwhelms Children            224 Recognizing Bias               225 SELECTION: The Effects of Media              226 SELECTION: Will E-Books Destroy the Democratizing Effects of Reading?         227 SELECTION: TV Can Be a Good Parent     229 Sum It Up! Making Inferences and Incorporating Critical Reading Skills       233 Chapter 9Critical Reading in the Digital Age: Build Skills Reading about POLITICAL SCIENCE           235Key Terms           236 Digging Deeper into Critical Reading        236 Evaluating an Author’s Argument             236 SELECTION: The Death Penalty Deters Crime       238 Detecting Deception in Writing: Fallacies in Reasoning    240 The Internet and Evaluating Web Content            243 Authority and Purpose  243 Currency              245 Accuracy              245 Checklist for Evaluating a Website            245 Assessing Other Internet Platforms         248 Wikis     248 Social Media       248 SELECTION: Recovering Political Prostitute           252 SELECTION: Who Is This Guy?     255 Sum It Up! Critical Reading in the Digital Age        257 Chapter 10Reading Across the Genres: Build Skills Reading about HISTORY                259Key Terms           260 Reading Across the Genres         260 SELECTION: The Affluent Society: People of Plenty          261 Understanding Primary Sources                263 Tips for Reading Primary Sources              263 SELECTION: Federal Highway Act (1956) 264 Reading Essays  266 Tips for Understanding Essays    266 SELECTION: Unhappy Meals        267 Reading Academic Journals         269 Tips for Understanding Academic Journals           269 Features of Academic Journal Articles    269 Tips for Previewing Journal Articles          270 SELECTION: Benchmarking the Service Quality of Fast-Food Restaurant Franchises in the USA: A Longitudinal Study 270 SELECTION: Ray Kroc (1902–1984): Flipping over Efficiency            271 Reading Newspaper Articles       273 Tips for Understanding Newspaper Articles         273 SELECTION: U.S. to Revamp Nutrition Labels, Emphasizing Calorie Counts and Added Sugars            274 Understanding Novels   276 Tips for Reading Novels 277 SELECTION: Chapter 1 from The Kite Runner       279 Sum It Up! Searching Other Sources: Reading Across the Genres               280 Chapter 11Show What You Know: Become an Effective TEST-TAKER. . . 281Key Terms           282 Prepare for Exams           282 SELECTION: I Got My B.A. by Sheer Luck, or How Study Skills Saved the Student          283 Additional Ways to Prepare for an Exam                286 Understand Exam Formats          289 Objective Questions       289 Essay Questions               291 Reducing Test Anxiety   293 Sum It Up! Show What You Know: Become an Effective Test-Taker          296 Module: Readings about Stress 299 Get Acquainted with the Issue  299 Guided Reading: Taming the Stress Monster by Terri D’Arrigo     300 Before You Read              300 Prepare to Read               300 Check Out the Vocabulary           300 As You Read       301 Establish Your Purpose  301 Actively Process While You Read               301 After You Read 305 Review Important Points              305 Organize the Information             305 Integrate the Vocabulary             306 Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion        308 Self-Monitored Reading: The Aftermath of Disaster by Dale B. Hahn, Wayne A. Payne, and Ellen B. Lucas              308 Before You Read              308 Prepare to Read               309 Check Out the Vocabulary           309 As You Read       310 Establish Your Purpose  310 Actively Process While You Read               310 After You Read 311 Review Important Points              311 Organize the Information             313 Integrate the Vocabulary             314 Independent Reading: Job Stress from Introduction to Criminal Justice by Robert M. Bohm and Keith N. Haley   315 Before You Read              315 Prepare to Read               315 Check Out the Vocabulary           316 As You Read       317 Establish Your Purpose  317 Actively Process While You Read               317 After You Read 318 Synthesizing Your Reading: Reflective Journal Writing: Stress      322 Module: Readings about Body Language               323 Get Acquainted with the Issue  323 Guided Reading: Business Communication: How to Bridge the Gender Gap by Candy Tymson     324 Before You Read              324 Prepare to Read               324 Check Out the Vocabulary           325 As You Read       326 Establish Your Purpose  326 Actively Process While You Read               326 After You Read 328 Review Important Points              328 Organize the Information             329 Integrate the Vocabulary             329 Words with Multiple Meanings  330 Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion        331 Self-Monitored Reading: Body Language Speaks: Reading and Responding More Effectively to Hidden Communication by Anne E. Beall               332 Before You Read              332 Prepare to Read               333 Check Out the Vocabulary           333 As You Read       334 Establish Your Purpose  334 Actively Process While You Read               334 After You Read 337 Review Important Points              337 Organize the Information             338 Integrate the Vocabulary             340 Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion        341 Independent Reading: Nonverbal Communication in Everyday Life from Bridges Not Walls: A Book about Interpersonal Communication by John Stewart              342 Before You Read              342 Prepare to Read               342 Check Out the Vocabulary           343 As You Read       343 Establish Your Purpose  343 Actively Process While You Read               343 After You Read 346 Synthesizing Your Reading: Reflective Journal Writing: Body Language 350 Module: Readings about the Environment           351 Get Acquainted with the Issue  351 Guided Reading: Earth Day: The History of a Movement by Earth Day Network (earthday.org)    352 Before You Read              352 Prepare to Read               352 Check Out the Vocabulary           352 As You Read       353 Establish Your Purpose  353 Actively Process While You Read               353 After You Read 356 Review Important Points              356 Organize the Information             357 Integrate the Vocabulary             357 Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion        359 Self-Monitored Reading: The Green Campus: How to Teach New Respect for the Environment? by Anne Underwood    359 Before You Read              359 Prepare to Read               360 Check Out the Vocabulary           360 Understanding Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Environmental Science     360 As You Read       362 Establish Your Purpose  362 Actively Process While You Read               362 After You Read 364 Review Important Points              364 Organize the Information             366 Integrate the Vocabulary             367 Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion        368 Independent Reading: What Is the State of Our Environment Today? from Environmental Science: A Global Concern by William P. Cunningham and Mary Ann Cunningham         368 Before You Read              368 Prepare to Read               369 Check Out the Vocabulary           369 As You Read       370 Establish Your Purpose  370 Actively Process While You Read               370 After You Read 372 Organize the Information             375 Integrate the Vocabulary: Using Context Clues  376 Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion        377 Synthesizing Your Reading: Reflective Journal Writing: Environmental Science  378 Module: Readings about the Job Market              379 Get Acquainted with the Issue  379 Guided Reading: They’re So Vein: Tapping a Job Market by Gabe Oppenheim    380 Before You Read              380 Prepare to Read               380 Check Out the Vocabulary           380 As You Read       381 Establish Your Purpose  381 Actively Process While You Read               381 After You Read 384 Review Important Points              384 Organize the Information             384 Integrate the Vocabulary             384 Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion        386 Self-Monitored Reading: Women Missing Out on Lucrative Careers in Computer Science by Mike Cassidy    386 Before You Read              386 Prepare to Read               387 Check Out the Vocabulary           387 As You Read       388 Establish Your Purpose  388 Actively Process While You Read               388 After You Read 391 Review Important Points              391 Organize the Information             393 Integrate the Vocabulary             393 Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion        394 Independent Reading: The Interview Process from Introduction to Business: How Companies Create Value for People by Gareth Jones     395 Before You Read              395 Prepare to Read               395 Check Out the Vocabulary           395 As You Read       396 Establish Your Purpose  396 Actively Process While You Read               396 After You Read 398 Synthesizing Your Reading: Reflective Journal Writing: The Job Market   402 Module: Readings about Public Policy     403 Get Acquainted with the Issue  403 What Is Public Policy?     403 Guided Reading: For . . . Tormented Souls, Euthanasia- Made-Easy Beckons by Naftali Bendavid               404 Before You Read              404 Prepare to Read               405 Check Out the Vocabulary           405 As You Read       406 Establish Your Purpose  406 Actively Process While You Read               406 After You Read 409 Review Important Points              409 Organize the Information             410 Integrate the Vocabulary             411 Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion        412 Self-Monitored Reading: Recovering Drug Addict . . . Now Leads Fight Against Legalizing Marijuana by Rob Hotakainen        412 Before You Read              412 Prepare to Read               413 Check Out the Vocabulary           413 As You Read       414 Establish Your Purpose  414 Actively Process While You Read               414 After You Read 416 Review Important Points              416 Organize the Information             419 Integrate the Vocabulary             419 < p>Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion        420Independent Reading: Civil Liberties: The Right to Privacy from American Democracy Now by Brigid Harrison, Jean Harris, and Michelle Deardoff   421 Before You Read              421 Prepare to Read               421 Check Out the Vocabulary           422 As You Read       422 Establish Your Purpose  422 Actively Process While You Read               422 Table of Contents            xvii  After You Read                425 Synthesizing Your Reading: Reflective Journal Writing: Political Science                430 Available only in McGraw-Hill Create™ Module: Readings about Food and Nutrition Get Acquainted with the Issue Guided Reading: A Plateful of Myths by Katherine Hobson Before You Read Prepare to Read Check Out the Vocabulary As You Read Establish Your Purpose Actively Process While You Read After You Read Review Important Points Organize the Information Integrate the Vocabulary Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion Self-Monitored Reading: Gone Gluten-Free by Cathy Gulli Before You Read Prepare to Read Check Out the Vocabulary As You Read Establish Your Purpose Actively Process While You Read After You Read Review Important Points Organize the Information Integrate the Vocabulary Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion Independent Reading: Eating Disorders from Connect Core Concepts in Health by Paul L. Insel and Walton T. Roth Before You Read Prepare to Read Check Out the Vocabulary As You Read Establish Your Purpose Actively Process While You Read After You Read Synthesizing Your Reading: Reflective Journal Writing: Food and Nutrition Module: Readings about the Media Get Acquainted with the Issue Guided Reading: Beauty and Body Image in the Media by MediaSmarts Before You Read Prepare to Read Check Out the Vocabulary As You Read Establish Your Purpose Actively Process While You Read After You Read Review Important Points Organize the Information Integrate the Vocabulary Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion Self-Monitored Reading: Avid Cellphone Use by College Kids Tied to Anxiety, Lower Grades by Barbara Bronson Gray Before You Read Prepare to Read Check Out the Vocabulary As You Read Establish Your Purpose Actively Process While You Read After You Read Review Important Points Organize the Information Integrate the Vocabulary Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion Independent Reading: The Birth of Television from American History: A Survey by Alan Brinkley Before You Read Prepare to Read Check Out the Vocabulary As You Read Establish Your Purpose Actively Process While You Read After You Read Synthesizing Your Reading: Reflective Journal Writing: The Media Module: Readings about Social Networks Get Acquainted with the Issue Guided Reading: Online Social Networking Issues Within Academia . . . by Jeff Cain, Ed.D Before You Read Prepare to Read Check Out the Vocabulary As You Read Establish Your Purpose Actively Process While You Read After You Read Review Important Points Organize the Information Integrate the Vocabulary Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion Self-Monitored Reading: Are Online Relationships Healthy for Young People? by Jim Taylor, Ph.D. Before You Read Prepare to Read Check Out the Vocabulary As You Read Establish Your Purpose Actively Process While You Read After You Read Review Important Points Organize the Information Integrate the Vocabulary Make Personal Connections through Writing and Discussion Independent Reading: Controlling Love: American Mate Selection from Social Problems for the Twenty-First Century by J. John Palen Before You Read Prepare to Read Check Out the Vocabulary As You Read Establish Your Purpose Actively Process While You Read After You Read Synthesizing Your Reading: Reflective Journal Writing: Social Networks Appendix: Application of Skills 431 Key Terms Glossary 466 Vocabulary Words Glossary 470 Credits 474 Index  478