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Breaking Through: College Reading, 8/e

BASIC APPROACH

(Note: This textbook was published by our college division for use by students at post-secondary institutions whose reading skills are below the level needed to succeed in college. Please review this text carefully to ensure appropriateness of content for your students.)

Offering the highest volume of actual college textbook and academic selections, Breaking Through provides instruction and practice on the reading and study skills necessary for successful independent college learning.

The use of actual college textbook passages offers immediate modeling and application of college study and reading skills at a realistic level. Students apply the skill being taught to reading short textbook passages and then go on to use multiple skills on the longer selections that conclude most chapters.

FEATURES

• Freshman-level college textbooks—The majority of reading selections are drawn from college textbooks used in most freshman-level courses while the rest are pulled from varying academic sources. This true-to-grade selection provides students with immediate practice for the type of reading they'll do in their other courses.
• Three-tiered reading selections—The readings in each chapter are each at a different reading level to empower the instructors to adjust reading assignments to their students' abilities.
• Dependable bank of exercises— Breaking Through's quantity and quality of exercises have been staunch resources for instructors who demand abundant, high-quality practice in the reading skills most essential for understanding and retaining the material in college texts.
• Two reading case books—To help students grasp how different academic disciplines approach a topic, two "reading across the curriculum" casebooks on the topics of offer readings from psychology, philosophy, sociology, health, communication, and business.
• More than just a paragraph to read—14 Longer Textbook Selections offer practice with comprehension exercises on college textbook material. Brief introductions to the longer textbook selections pique student interest and activate schema, helping to improve comprehension
• Four-color design.
• "Reader's Tips" boxes offer condensed advice for students as a quick reference. Many of these boxes focus on effective techniques for reading in different disciplines.
• "Everyday Reading Skills" feature gives tips and practice on how to research the Internet and how to read newspapers, magazines, advertisements, reference materials, fiction and nonfiction, and workplace mail.
• "Collaborative Problem Solving Questions" offer four different questions at the end of each chapter for students to brainstorm ideas, think critically, reflect on chapter instruction, and present a response to the class together.
• "Explore the Net" exercises follow each of the three longer reading selections in each chapter. These exercises encourage research on topics related to the longer reading; specific Web sites are suggested.

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