| Description |
xxv, 737 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface for Instructors -- Introduction for Students: Critical Strategies for Academic Situations -- Part I. Defining: Negotiating Meanings -- Defining across the Curriculum -- Opening Problem: Defining Intelligence -- Howard Gardner, Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences -- Working Examples -- A Working Example Using the Word Model -- Working Examples from Political Science -- A Professional Application -- Daniel Goleman, From Emotional Intelligence: When Smart Is Dumb -- Assignments -- A Language Assignment -- A Word History Assignment -- A Personal Essay Assignment -- A Biology Assignment -- A Psychology Assignment -- A Genetics Assignment -- A History Assignment -- An Ecology Assignment -- Readings: Reconsidering Intelligence -- Douglas Harper, From Working Knowledge: Skill and Community in a Small Shop -- Deborah Franklin, The Shape of Life -- Mike Rose, From Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America -- Edward Hutchins, From "The Social Organization of Distributed Cognition" -- John Haugeland, From Artificial Intelligence: The Very Idea -- Further Assignments -- Part Ii. Summarizing: Synthesis And Judgment -- Summarizing across the Curriculum -- Opening Problem: Summarizing Trends in Child Poverty -- Jonathan Marshall, Child Poverty Is Abundant -- Working Examples -- A Working Example from Psychology -- A Working Example from Sociology -- A Working Example from Folklore -- A Professional Application -- Ellen Israel Rosen, The New International Division of Labor -- Assignments -- An Anthropology Assignment -- A Biology Assignment -- An Oral History Assignment -- An Anthropology Assignment -- An Economics Assignment -- A Literature Assignment -- A Composition Assignment -- Readings: The Dimensions of Child Poverty -- Arloc Sherman (for the Children's Defense Fund), From Wasting America's Future: The Children's Defense Fund Report on the Costs of Child Poverty -- Duncan Lindsey, From The Welfare of Children -- Michael B. Katz, Poverty -- Melanie Scheller, On the Meaning of Plumbing and Poverty -- Lisbeth B. Schorr, The Lessons of Successful Programs -- Further Assignments -- Part Iii. Serializing: Establishing Sequence -- Serializing across the Curriculum -- Opening Problem: Constructing a Serial Account -- Jim Fisher, The Lindbergh Case -- Working Examples -- A Working Example from Biology -- Working Examples from Literature -- Working Examples from History -- A Professional Application -- Patricia J. Williams, From The Alchemy of Race and Rights -- Assignments -- A Geography Assignment -- A Criminal Studies Assignment -- A Literature Assignment -- A Biology Assignment -- A History Assignment -- An Astronomy Assignment -- A Geology Assignment -- Readings: Crime Stories: Constructing Guilt and Innocence -- Mark Singer, Profile of Filmmaker Errol Morris -- Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, From All the President's Men -- Renee Loth, Woburn, Science, and the Law -- Helen Benedict, From Virgin or Vamp: How the Press Covers Sex Crimes -- W. Lance Bennett and Martha S. Feldman, From Reconstructing Reality in the Courtroom: Justice and Judgment in American Culture -- Further Assignments -- Part Iv. Classifying: Creating And Evaluating Categories -- Classifying across the Curriculum -- Opening Problem: Classifying Characteristics of Immigration to the United States -- Tables and Charts on Immigration to the United States, 1820-1990 -- Working Examples -- A Working Example from Sociology -- A Working Example from Public Health -- A Professional Application -- David Cole, Five Myths about Immigration -- Assignments -- A Psychology Assignment -- A Composition Assignment -- An Anthropology Assignment -- An Art Assignment -- A Biology Assignment -- A Sociology Assignment -- A Literature Assignment -- A Linguistics Assignment -- Readings: U.S. Immigration Patterns -- Reed Ueda, The Historical Context of Immigration -- Maldwyn Allen Jones, From American Immigration -- Eugene Boe, From Pioneers to Eternity: Norwegians on the Prairie -- Elizabeth Ewen, From Immigrant Women in the Land of Dollars: Life and Culture on the Lower East Side, 1890-1925 -- George J. Sǹchez, From Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945 -- Alejandro Portes and Rube;n G. Rumbaut, From Immigrant America: A Portrait -- Further Assignments -- Part V. Comparing: Assessing Similarities And Differences -- Comparing across the Curriculum -- Opening Problem: Comparing Two Primatologists -- Francine Patterson, Conversations with a Gorilla -- Dian Fossey, More Years with Mountain Gorillas -- Working Examples -- A Working Example from the History of Science -- A Working Example from American History -- A Professional Application -- Bruce Bower, Probing Primate Thoughts -- Assignments -- A Literature Assignment -- An Anthropology Assignment -- An Education Assignment -- A History Assignment -- A Literature Assignment -- A Science Assignment -- Readings: Methods of Inquiry in Primate Research -- Herbert Terrace, How Nim Chimpsky Changed My Mind -- Roger Lewin, Look Who's Talking Now -- Deborah Blum, The Black Box -- Deborah Blum, Not a Nice Death -- Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth, From How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species -- John C. Mitani, From "Ethological Studies of Chimpanzee Vocal Behavior" -- Further Assignments -- Part Vi. Analyzing: Perspectives For Interpretation -- Analyzing across the Curriculum -- Opening Problem: Analyzing a Short Story -- Olive Senior, The Two Grandmothers -- Merle Hodge, Challenges of the Struggle for Sovereignty: Changing the World versus Writing Short Stories -- Working Examples -- A Working Example from Psychology -- A Working Example from Biology -- A Working Example from Political Science -- A Professional Application -- Catherine A. Sunshine, From The Caribbean: Survival, Struggle, and Sovereignty -- Assignments -- A Psychology Assignment -- An Education Assignment -- An Economics Assignment -- A Science Assignment -- A Literature Assignment -- A Sociology Assignment -- Readings: Caribbean Literature and Cultural Politics -- Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Nation Language -- Merle Hodge, From Crick Crack Monkey -- Catherine A. Sunshine, From The Caribbean: Survival, Struggle, and Sovereignty -- Michelle Cliff, From Abeng -- Jamaica Kincaid, From A Small Place -- Roger McTair, Visiting -- Further Assignments -- Appendix: Assignments For Field Study -- Assignment 1: Greeting Behavior of College Students -- Assignment 2: Defining Literacy -- Assignment 3: What's Funny? -- Assignment 4: Exploring the Discourse of Your Major -- Perspectives for Exploring the Discourse of Your Major -- Optional Readings: Complicating the Issues -- Michael Moffatt, Vocationalism and the Curriculum -- Elizabeth Chiseri-Strater, Gender, Language, and Pedagogy -- Howard S. Becker, If You Want to Be a Scholar -- David R. Russell, Academic Discourse: Community or Communities? -- Lynne V. Cheney, Tyrannical Machines -- Ernest Boyer, The Enriched Major -- Raymond J. Rodrigues, Rethinking the Cultures of Disciplines -- Lisa Guernsey, Scholars Debate the Pros and Cons of Anonymity in Internet Discussions -- Further Assignments for Exploring the Discourse of Your Major -- Index of Authors and Titles |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Academic writing.
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College readers.
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Critical thinking.
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English language -- Rhetoric.
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| Author |
Kiniry, Malcolm.
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| LC no. |
97074962 |
| ISBN |
031211561X |
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