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Higher Education

Student Resources

Activities

Activities 1-10

Activities 11-15

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Style Guidelines and Activities

Active Reader Punctuation 1

Active Reader Punctuation 1 - Answer Key

Active Reader Style Matter (Punctuation Guide - Commas, Colons, Semicolons)

Active Reader Style Matters (Punctuation Activities - Commas, Colons, Semicolons)

Active Reader Style Matters (Grammatical Parallelism Guide)

Active Reader Style Matters (Grammatical Parallelism Activities)

Active Reader Style Matters (Avoiding Wordiness Guide)

Active Reader Style Matters (Avoiding Wordiness Activities)

Websites to Accompany Grammar and Style Component

 

Additional Readings and Questions

Additional academic essays will be posted here throughout 2008-09 as supplements to the 39 essays in The Active Reader.  If you would like to see a particular essay here, please do not hesitate to contact us.

The Knowledge Society

On Learning the Research Craft: Memoirs of a Journeyman Researcher

Questions for "On Learning the Research Craft: Memoirs of a Journeyman Researcher"


Meeting a Transsexual Person: Experience Within a Classroom Setting

Questions for "Meeting a Transsexual Person: Experience Within a Classroom Setting"


Media and Image

Reducing Media Viewing: Implications for Behaviorists

Questions for "Reducing Media Viewing: Implications for Behaviorists"


The Challenges of Science

Relationship between Funding Source and Conclusion among Nutrition-Related Scientific Articles

Does Industry Sponsorship Undermine the Integrity of Nutrition Research?


Questions for "Relationship between Funding Source and Conclusion among Nutrition-Related Scientific Articles" and for "Does Industry Sponsorship Undermine the Integrity of Nutrition Research?"

Download the APA Citation Style Documentation

 

Update: Guidelines for MLA Documentation



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Grammar and Spelling Diagnostic Websites

CMS Documentation Guidelines