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Sample Chapter 4 “Main Idea”
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Smith, Breaking Through, 7/e distinguishes itself from other reading textbooks by offering three readings at the end of each chapter at varying reading levels (increasing in difficulty). How useful do you think this feature would be in your classroom? Extremely Useful Somewhat Useful Not Very Useful
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Reading Casebook “What is Happiness?” This seventh edition of Breaking Through includes a new feature called reading casebooks. There are two: "What is Happiness?" and "What is Intelligence?" The casebooks are designed as a reading across the curriculum experience to give students an opportunity to research, synthesize, and reflect on a single topic after reading about it in three different disciplines. What is your overall impression of the casebook “What is Happiness?” What did you like the most/least?
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