Bridging the Gap : College Reading (wiht MyWritingLab)
ISBN: 9780205574858 | 0205574858
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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Bridging the Gap was the first book to focus on how to read college textbooks. This college-level focus has since evolved to connect textbook readings to academic and everyday reading sources and represent three bridges of reading: text-to-text, text-to-world, and text-to-self.
Written for the mid to high-level developmental reading course,Bridging the Gapby Brenda Smith continues to be the #1 textbook choice of developmental reading educators. Bridging the Gapwas the first book to focus on how to read college text... MORE
Written for the mid to high-level developmental reading course,Bridging the Gapby Brenda Smith continues to be the #1 textbook choice of developmental reading educators. Bridging the Gapwas the first book to focus on how to read college text... MORE
| Active Learning | |
| What Is Active Learning? | |
| What Is Cognitive Psychology? | |
| How Does the Brain Screen Messages? | |
| Is Divided Attention Effective? | |
| Can Tasks Become Automatic? | |
| Automatic Aspects of Reading | |
| Cognitive Styles Multiple Intelligences: There is More than One Way to be Smart What Is Concentration? | |
| Poor Concentration: Causes a... MORE | |
| External Distractions | |
| Internal Distractions | |
| Reader's Tip: Improving Concentration | |
| Successful Academic Behaviors | |
| Reader's Tip: Managing E-Mail Efficiently | |
| Summary Points | |
| Computer Science | |
| Contemporary Focus: ldquo;Police in India to Monitor Cybercafesrdquo; from the Associated Press | |
| ldquo;Security and Privacy for Computers and the Internetrdquo; | |
| Search the Net | |
| Concept Prep for Computer Science | |
| Psychology | |
| Contemporary Focus: ldquo;Critical-Period Hypothesisrdquo; | |
| Search the Net Concept Prep for Psychology | |
| Health | |
| Contemporary Focus: ldquo;Steroidsrdquo; | |
| Search the Net | |
| Vocabulary | |
| Remembering New Words | |
| Using Context Clues | |
| Definition or Synonym | |
| Elaborating Details | |
| Examples | |
| Comparison | |
| Contrast | |
| Antonyms | |
| Limitations of Context Clues | |
| Multiple Meanings of a Word | |
| Understanding the Structure of Words | |
| Using a Dictionary | |
| Word Origins | |
| Using a Glossary | |
| Using a Thesaurus | |
| Using Analogies | |
| Reader's Tip: Categories of Analogy Relationships | |
| Easily Confused Words | |
| Recognizing Acronyms | |
| Recognizing Transitional Words | |
| Reader's Tip: Signals for Transition | |
| Summary Points | |
| Search the Net Vocabulary Booster: Over, Under, Around and Through | |
| Strategic Reading and Study | |
| What is Strategic Reading? | |
| What are the Stages of Reading? | |
| Stage 1: Previewing | |
| Signposts for Answering Preview Questions | |
| Reader's Tip: Asking Questions Before Reading | |
| Preview to Activate Schemata | |
| Stage 2: Integrating Knowledge While Reading | |
| Expanding Knowledge | |
| Integrating Ideas: How Do Good Readers Think? | |
| Reader's Tip: Using Thinking Strategies While Reading | |
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