A Writer?s Reference with Exercises 8th Eighth Edition by Diana Hacker
ISBN 9781457686542
Dear Colleagues:
As college teachers, we have a far-reaching mission. We prepare
students to write for different purposes, for different audiences, and in
different genres and media. We show students how to read critically and
write effectively, preparing them to join ongoing research conversations
as contributors (not just as consumers) of ideas. What we teach is at the
very core of students? college experience. For academic success, no skill
is more critical than effective writing.
This new edition of A Writer?s Reference grows out of my thirty
years as a writing teacher and from many conversations with college
faculty across disciplines. In all these conversations, I hear a similar
theme: Writing is the core of a student?s success, no matter the field of
study. Teachers speak about ambitious assignments to teach students
how to think and write clearly and precisely, how to interpret evidence
and data, and how to enter research conversations with the requisite
skills to manage information and avoid plagiarism. And faculty across
disciplines all speak about the need for their students to have a reliable
handbook to help them understand the expectations of college writing
assignments and succeed as writers.
