Good intro text; watch out for edition number | Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide to Critical...

book: Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking and Argument, with Readings | Sylvan Barnet, Hugo Bedau

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	• Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking and Argument, with Readings Sylvan Barnet, Hugo Bedau Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007 - 992 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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Good, solid textbook for Freshman Composition II

Teaching college English since 1999, I've used _Current Issues and Enduring Questions_ since the 7th edition. It has always been a good, solid textbook for teaching Freshman Composition II (called ENGL 1302 in Texas) as an issues-based argumentative essays and research paper class. It is flexible enough a text for any teacher to craft his/her class. However, if you're used to teaching ENGL 1302 as a survey to Literature class, this isn't the text for you.

The only problem I have with it is the skimpyness of some of the MLA style instruction, but that's par for the course in Comp II books that have extensive readings.

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Good intro text; watch out for edition number

Good intro to the principles of critical thinking. It was a little weird for me to have this book assigned in grad school; I remember it from my daughter's college freshman year.

New editions keep the readings current, but that means you have to pay attention to the edition number if you want (or your prof wants) a particular edition. Many vendors, Amazon and Amazon Marketplace included, don't post it clearly, if at all.

(Previewing my review, I see I mis-clicked and gave it 5 stars. I meant to hit 4, because it's so draggingly introductory at times.)

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