From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Practical Guide

by Stuart Greene, April Lidinsky

First-year college students are challenged by academic culture and its ways of reading, thinking, and writing that is 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 new edition of From Inquiry to Academic Writing encompasses an even greater range of academic habits and skills. 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 978-1-319-01550-3.

Genres: Textbooks, Nonfiction, Reference

516 pages, Paperback

First published January 23, 2008

Reviews

[Vee]

not useless but i hated nonetheless

[Maggie]

There's some useful advice about critical reading and writing in this textbook, but it's presented in a way that my students have consistently complained is overcomplicated, long-winded, and not engaging, and I have to at least partially agree. The chapters usually run longer than they need to, and I don't find the student examples to be realistic models for first-year students where I teach. Overall, this book makes planning lessons more difficult rather than easier. I'd love to use a different textbook, but unfortunately it's a required text for our program, so I'm forced to keep trying to find ways to make it work.

[Mary Chrapliwy]

A good solid resource for teaching composition to freshmen. This book breaks down academic writing from initial concept and thesis through final drafts.

The book is very short and concise, so instructors will need to supplement with additional reading material. There is a longer edition of this book that contains readings - something to consider.

[J]

I gave this four stars because it is just much more applicable than any other core composition book I've seen out there. It's a bit more expensive (for students) than I would like, but it is both useful and accessible.