Includes references.

Contents: In focus: critical and creative thinking for the 21st century student. -- In focus: the art of reading. -- In focus: related reading skills. -- In focus: The non-prose forms- developing information transfer skills. -- In focus: clearing the space-- the art of writing. -- In focus: Developing an engaged writing skill. -- In focus: Rhetorical development techniques. -- Discourse writing some basic and practical applications. -- In focus: Introduction to the art and science of academic writing. -- In focus: writing the expository and argumentative essay. -- In focus: thinking and writing the research paper. -- In focus: composing texts across disciplines. -- Purposeful writing in the disciplines and for the professions. -- In focus: The business writing starts! (... and how).