CHAPTER 1 Developing Your Efficiency and Flexibility    

    CHAPTER 2 Active Reading and Learning     

    CHAPTER 3 Strengthening Your Word Power

Part 2 Improving Your Comprehension     

    CHAPTER 4 Main Ideas and Paragraph Structure     

    CHAPTER 5 Patterns: Relationships Among Ideas     

    CHAPTER 6 Reading Textbooks, Essays, Articles, and Technical Material

Part 3 Reading and Learning From College Texts    

    CHAPTER 7 Techniques for Learning Textbook Material     

    CHAPTER 8 Learning and Retention Strategies     

    CHAPTER 9 Reading and Evaluating Visuals

Part 4 Reading Critically     

    CHAPTER 10 Critical Analysis and Evaluating Online Sources     

    CHAPTER 11 Evaluating Arguments and Persuasive Writing

Part 5 Increasing Your Rate and Flexibility     

    CHAPTER 12 Skimming and Scanning     

    CHAPTER 13 Techniques for Reading Faster

Part 6 Application of Textbook Reading Skills    

    CHAPTER 14 Sample Sociology Textbook Chapter: Application of Skills

APPENDIX A Words-Per-Minute Conversion Chart

APPENDIX B Reading Progress Graph

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