From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Text and Reader

by Stuart Greene, April Lidinsky

First-year college students are challenged by academic culture and its ways of reading, thinking, and writing that are new to them. Composition instructors are equally challenged by having to introduce, explain, and justify academic methods and conventions to students. From Inquiry to Academic Writing aids both students and teachers with a practical and now widely proven step-by-step approach that effectively demystifies cross-curricular thinking and writing. The book further includes an extensive thematic reader that brings students into interdisciplinary debates that not only bear on their college careers but also reflect larger cultural issues that they will encounter outside the academy.　The new edition of From Inquiry to Academic Writing encompasses an even greater range of academic habits and skills, with new readings for both print and digital channels that showcase the very latest interdisciplinary and cultural conversations. And now with the new edition, you can meet students where they online. To package LaunchPad Solo free with From Inquiry to Academic Writing, use ISBN 978-1-319-01310-3.

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction, Textbooks, School, Academic, Education, Reference

944 pages, Paperback

First published January 23, 2008

Reviews

[Miriam Jacobs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for supporting a class learning to use APA and conduct minor primary reasearch.

[Jonathan Charlestream · Rating 1 out of 5]

outdated piece of ****

[Kathleen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am inheriting this book for a class I am teaching this fall--I like to take advice from my colleagues the first time through a new class. My colleague liked the book and so I am giving it a spin. I will let you know if I like it better once the semester is done. However, I will not assign my students to read many of the short readings the authors chose to include: Richard Rodriguez and ED Hirsch? Really? I think my progressive mentors would spin in their retirement rockers if they knew I was assigning it! :)

[Diana]

This is the textbook from which I taught this semester. I'm not sure if I've slowly become inured to...hmm, shall I say less delightful reading material...over the years, but I feel this far surpasses the one to which I was subjected as a freshman in terms of engagement and interest. Many of the included essays are quite fascinating (though I'm sure some of my students would agree to disagree).

[Andrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was alright. I mean, it was a textbook so that speaks for itself.
That being said though, there are some gems of information in here, and some of the essays that are used as examples are excellent. So it isn't a boring read. Just a very, very lengthy one.

[Earl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent selection of essays, and some very useful writing aid/helps.

[Sab · Rating 2 out of 5]

alright