Mind Readings

📖 The Scoop

- A refreshing and relevant new theme for composition courses. As the first composition reader to focus on cognition, or the processes of thinking, Mind Readings introduces a fresh trove of material that appeals to students' perennial interest in their own, and others', inner lives. The book invites students to explore irresistible issues like the many "selves" that make up personal identity, the boundary between human and animal intelligence, and the difference between male and female thinking, while introducing them to interdisciplinary inquiry and academic writing. Mind Readings transforms students' explorations of perception, textual analysis, and effective communication into skilled thinking, reading, and writing.
- Readings that bridge the gap between the sciences and the humanities. The 53 readings reflect the range of disciplines students will encounter throughout their college careers. Selections from the humanities include 19 personal essays, five scholarly essays, and eight classic works of short fiction by authors such as Ian Frazier, Alice Walker, John Berger, and Maxine Hong Kingston. Thirty selections from a variety of disciplines in the sciences and social sciences include works by Deborah Blum and Daniel L. Schacter. By offering examples of both personal and academic writing within each of its six chapters, Mind Readings invites students to make connections between their own interests and experiences and broader intellectual questions.
- Editorial apparatus that helps students become capable academic thinkers and writers. Mind Readings offers students the practical pedagogical support they need to read effectively and produce thoughtful academic writing,including a general introduction; extensive chapter introductions; detailed headnotes; suggestions for pre-reading, journal, or discussion activities before each selection; and two sets of discussion questions after each selection which help students to read closely, make connections among texts, and write formal assignments.

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