A Writer’s Reference with Exercises 8th Eighth Edition by Diana Hacker

A Writer?s Reference with Exercises 8th Eighth Edition by Diana HackerISBN 9781457686542Dear Colleagues:As college teachers, we have a far-reaching mission. We preparestudents to write for different purposes, for different audiences, and indifferent genres and media. We show students how to read critically andwrite effectively, preparing them to join ongoing research conversationsas contributors (not just as consumers) of ideas. What we teach is at thevery core of students? college experience. For academic success, no skillis more critical than effective writing.This new edition of A Writer?s Reference grows out of my thirtyyears as a writing teacher and from many conversations with collegefaculty across disciplines. In all these conversations, I hear a similartheme: Writing is the core of a student?s success, no matter the field ofstudy. Teachers speak about ambitious assignments to teach studentshow to think and write clearly and precisely, how to interpret evidenceand data, and how to enter research conversations with the requisiteskills to manage information and avoid plagiarism. And faculty acrossdisciplines all speak about the need for their students to have a reliablehandbook to help them understand the expectations of college writingassignments and succeed as writers.