Reading
and Writing Assignments
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Each semester, seven or eight Reading
and Writing assignments are required of students in my course. Multiple
copies of books containing the reading portion of the assignments are put on
reserve in the university library.
Newer editions and references could update and expand these assignments. Here
is a list of suggestions. See specific chapters and pages with each assignment.
|
Title |
Author |
Year |
Edition |
ISBN |
Publisher |
Web sites |
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The Biology of Aging: Observations &
Principles |
Arking, Robert |
2006 |
2nd |
ISBN-13
9780195167399 |
Oxford University Press |
|
|
The Biology of Aging: Observations &
Principles |
Arking, Robert |
2016 |
3rd |
ISBN: 0195167392 |
Oxford University Press |
https://www.amazon.com/Biology-Aging-Observations-Robert-Arking/dp/0195167392 |
|
Human Biological Aging:
From Macromolecules to Organ Systems |
Bilder, Glenda E. |
2016 |
1st |
ISBN-13:
978-1118967027 ISBN-10:
111896702X |
Wiley-Blackwell |
|
|
The New Love and Sex After 60 |
Butler, Robert N.; |
2002 |
3rd |
ISBN 9780345442116 |
Ballantine Books |
|
|
Biology of Aging |
McDonald, Roger B. |
2019 |
2nd |
ISBN 9780815345671 |
Garland Science |
https://www.routledge.com/Biology-of-Aging/McDonald/p/book/9780815345671 |
|
Physical
Change and Aging: A Guide for the Helping Professions |
Saxon, Sue V.,
PhD; |
2014 |
6th |
ISBN: 9780826198648 |
Springer Publishing |
https://www.springerpub.com/physical-change-and-aging-9780826198648.html |
|
Physical Change and Aging: A Guide for the Helping
Professions |
Saxon,
Sue V., PhD; |
2021 |
7th |
ISBN: |
Springer
Publishing |
https://connect.springerpub.com/content/book/978-0-8261-5056-1 |
|
Physical Dimensions of Aging |
Spirduso, Waneen W.; |
2005 |
2nd |
ISBN-13: 978-0736033152 |
Human Kinetics |
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Others |
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Aging: Exploring a Complex
Phenomenon |
Ahmad, Shamin I., ed. |
2018 |
1st |
|
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https://www.routledge.com/Aging-Exploring-a-Complex-Phenomenon/Ahmad/p/book/9780367657567 |
|
Gerontology: The Basics |
Moody, H. R. & J.
Sasser. |
|
1st |
ISBN 978-1-1387-7582-4 |
|
https://www.routledge.com/Gerontology-The-Basics/Sasser-Moody/p/book/9781138775824 |
|
Physiological Basis of
Aging and Geriatrics |
Timiras,
Paola. S. |
2007 |
4th |
|
|
https://www.routledge.com/Physiological-Basis-of-Aging-and-Geriatrics/Timiras/p/book/9780849373053 |
These assignments have several purposes: (1) Supplement content either not found in the text or not presented in class. (2) Expose students to different styles and methods used to present information and concepts. (3) Inform students of different opinions, priorities, and values. (4) Use writing for learning. (5) Use different writing techniques and processes. To achieve the last purpose, writing assignments instruct students to write using one or more of the following: identify enumerate specific facts and types of information; identify and express personal impressions and reactions; summarize and synthesize; compare and contrast; identify themes and formulate generalities; evaluate critically; apply information and ideas.
Sometimes students in other disciplines (e.g., nursing) take my course for graduate credit. In addition to being graded on a different scale, these students must also complete several Journal Reading and Writing Assignments. These assignments expose graduate students to current information, concepts, methodologies, and methods of thinking about aging on a cellular, molecular and/or genetic level.
The elements of each assignment specify and clarify what the students are to do and how their work will be evaluated. The writing assignments are kept short so that they do not become over burdensome for students to complete or for the instructor to evaluate and return to students quickly. The students' responses are classified and tabulated. After graded assignments are returned to the students, I explain the overall class results and comment about what the written assignment should have contained or achieved.
The course syllabus explains how the Reading and Writing assignments are graded. I provide students with a list of due dates for all assignments at the beginning of the semester. I select the assignments for each semester from the set below. page numbers from the text are from the first edition of my book, and there is a new edition of the book Biology of Aging: Observations and Principles by Robert Arking, Prentice Hall (1991). I have not yet developed new assignments from this book. I also plan to develop assignments using the Internet.
Topics for Reading and Writing assignments
Overview
of the elderly
Defining
Biological Aging
Methods
of Studying Aging
Methods
of Study - Advanced Assignment
Biomarkers
of Aging
Theories
of Aging
Aging, Survival, and Populations
Internet
Resources
Aging,
Disease, and Death
Demographics
of the Elderly
Future
of Gerontology
History
of Gerontology
Measuring
Aging
Journal
Reading and Writing Assignment For Graduate Students
Controlling
Aging: What Would/Could/Should Happen?
Short
term paper
Return
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Overview
of the elderly
Return
to List of Topics
In: “A
Profile of Older Americans: 2018” or a different year
at
https://acl.gov/sites/default/files/Aging
and Disability in America/2018OlderAmericansProfile.pdf
Read: The main statements in the sections with the following headings. You may choose to look at the graphs, which present similar information in a
different form. Go to on each heading to read its contents.
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