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College Reading and Study Skills

by: McWhorter, Kathleen T.

College Reading and Study Skills

by: McWhorter, Kathleen T.

ISBN 13:
9780321364784
ISBN 10:
0321364783
Edition: 10th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2010
Publisher: Longman
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Getting the students to reflect on their thinking,College Reading and Study Skillsis a developmental level reading and study text depicting reading as a process and providing concise instruction, skill application exercises, and exercises using textbook excerpts to contribute to success in college. Metacognition (reflecting on their thoughts); reading as a process; skill application; ample textbook excerpts.

Preface

viii

Success Workshops

(20)

PART ONE Building a Foundation for College Success

(80)

Setting Goals and Managing Your Time

(19)

Establishing Your Goals and Priorities

(2)

Analyzing Your Time Commitments

(1)

Building a Term Plan

(1)

Building Your Weekly Schedule

(4)

Time-Saving Tips for Students with Busy Schedules

(9)

Fighting the Tendency to Procrastinate

(1)

Multimedia Activities: Setting Goals and Managing Your Time

(1)

Learning Style and Learning Strategies

(22)

Analyzing Your Learning Style

(4)

Developing an ActionPlan for Learning

(3)

Understanding Your Instructors' Teaching Styles

(2)

Meeting Your Instructors' Expectations

(2)

Developing Active Learning Strategies

(1)

Thinking Critically

(8)

Multimedia Activities: Learning Style and Learning Strategies

(1)

Improving Learning and Memory

(17)

Forgetting

(2)

An Overview of the Learning and Memory Process

(2)

Original Learning

(4)

When to Review

(1)

How to Review

(6)

Multimedia Activities: Improving Learning and Memory

(1)

Taking Notes In Class

(22)

Sharpening Your Listening Skills

(1)

Preparing for a Lecture Class

(1)

How to Take Lecture Notes

(7)

How to Edit Your Notes

(3)

How to Study Your Notes

(7)

Multimedia Activities: Taking Notes in Class

(2)

PART TWO Reading Textbooks and Assignments

101

(140)

Active Reading Strategies

101

(26)

Prereading and Predicting

102

(9)

Discovering What You Already Know

111

(2)

Defining Your Purposes for Reading

113

(4)

Checking Your Comprehension

117

(3)

Strengthening Your Comprehension

120

(6)

Multimedia Activities: Active Reading Strategies

126

(1)

Understanding Paragraphs

127

(28)

Three Essential Elements of a Paragraph

128

(1)

How to Identify the Topic

129

(5)

How to Find the Main Idea

134

(1)

Where to Find the Topic Sentence

135

(3)

Recognizing Details

138

(8)

Transitions

146

(1)

Unstated Main Ideas

147

(7)

Multimedia Activities: Understanding Paragraphs

154

(1)

Following Thought Patterns

155

(35)

The Organization of Textbook Chapters

156

(3)

The Structure of Articles and Essays

159

(2)

Types of Supporting Information

161

(6)

Recognizing Organizational Patterns

167

(22)

Multimedia Activities: Following Thought Patterns

189

(1)

Reading Graphics And Technical Writing

190

(30)

Reading Graphics

191

(1)

Types of Graphics

192

(16)

Reading Technical Writing

208

(11)

Multimedia Activities: Reading Graphics and Technical Writing

219

(1)

Reading And Evaluating Electronic Sources

220

(21)

How to Locate Electronic Sources on the Web

221

(2)

Evaluating Internet Sources

223

(4)

Why Electronic Text Requires New Reading Strategies

227

(2)

Developing New Ways of Thinking and Reading

229

(6)

Avoiding Cyberplagiarism When Reading and Conducting Research on the Web

235

(5)

Multimedia Activities: Reading and Evaluating Electronic Sources

240

(1)

PART THREE Critical Reading and Thinking

241

(42)

Evaluating The Author's Message

241

(26)

Make Inferences as You Read

242

(4)

Evaluate the Source

246

(1)

Examine the Author's Qualifications

247

(1)

Distinguish Between Fact or Opinion

248

(2)

Identify the Author's Purpose

250

(2)

Be Alert for Bias

252

(2)

Analyze the Author's Tone

254

(2)

Evaluate the Data and Evidence

256

(2)

Analyze Arguments

258

(8)

Multimedia Activities: Evaluating the Author's Message

266

(1)

Evaluating The Author's Technique

267

(16)

Pay Attention to Connotative Language

268

(1)

Examine Figurative Language

269

(2)

Watch for Missing Information

271

(1)

Be Alert for Generalizations

272

(2)

Examine the Author's Assumptions

274

(1)

Watch for Manipulative Language

275

(7)

Multimedia Activities: Evaluating the Author's Technique

282

(1)

PART FOUR Developing Your Vocabulary

283

(36)

Using Context And Word Parts

283

(19)

A Strategy for Learning Unfamiliar Words

284

(1)

Using Context Clues

284

(7)

Analyzing Word Parts

291

(10)

Multimedia Activities: Using Context and Word Parts

301

(1)

Expanding Your Vocabulary

302

(17)

General Approaches to Vocabulary Expansion

303

(2)

Using Reference Sources

305

(3)

Learning Specialized Terminology

308

(3)

Using Word Mapping to Expand Your Vocabulary

311

(2)

Systems of Learning Vocabulary

313

(5)

Multimedia Activities: Expanding Your Vocabulary

318

(1)

PART FIVE Studying Textbooks

319

(68)

Textbook Highlighting And Marking

319

(19)

The Problem of Textbook Review

320

(1)

How to Highlight Textbooks

320

(2)

Aspects of Effective Highlighting

322

(6)

Testing Your Highlighting

328

(1)

Marking a Textbook

329

(8)

Multimedia Activities: Textbook Highlighting and Marking

337

(1)

Methods Of Organizing Information

338

(27)

Organizing by Outlining

339

(6)

Summarizing

345

(9)

Mapping: A Visual Means of Organizing Ideas

354

(10)

Multimedia Activities: Methods of Organizing Information

364

(1)

Study And Review Strategies

365

(22)

Learning through Writing

367

(7)

A Classic System: SQ3R

374

(4)

Updating and Revising the SQ3R System

378

(1)

Adapting Your System for Different Academic Disciplines

379

(7)

Multimedia Activities: Study and Review Strategies

386

(1)

PART SIX Studying For Exams

387

(40)

Preparing For Exams

387

(16)

Organizing Your Study and Review

388

(1)

Identifying What to Study

389

(2)

Analyzing and Synthesizing Information

391

(3)

Learning and Memorizing

394

(8)

Multimedia Activities: Preparing for Exams

402

(1)

Taking Exams

403

(24)

General Suggestions for Taking Exams

404

(2)

Hints for Taking Objective Exams

406

(6)

Hints for Taking Standardized Tests

412

(1)

Hints for Taking Essay Exams

413

(6)

Controlling Test Anxiety

419

(6)

Multimedia Activities: Taking Exams

425

(2)

PART SEVEN Reading Flexibility

427

(22)

Improving Your Reading Rate And Flexibility

427

(22)

Building Your Reading Rate

428

(4)

Developing Your Reading Flexibility

432

(15)

Multimedia Activities: Improving Your Reading Rate and Flexibility

447

(2)

PART EIGHT Thematic Readings

449

(1)

Theme A. Body Adornment

450

(16)

Sociology/Cultural Anthropology

``Body Adornment''

450

(5)

``From Bear Teeth to Pearls: Why We Adorn Ourselves''

455

(5)

``The Decorated Body''

460

(4)

Making Connections

464

(1)

World Wide Web Activity: Key Word Searches

464

(2)

Theme B. Men'S and Women'S Communication

466

(16)

Communication

``Communication Between Women and Men''

466

(4)

``The Talk of the Sandbox: How Johnny and Suzy's Playground Chatter Prepares Them for Life at the Office''

470

(6)

``Communication Between Sexes: A War of the Words?''

476

(5)

Making Connections

481

(1)

World Wide Web Activity: A Researcher's Home Page

481

(1)

Theme C. Controversies in Science

482

(14)

Biology and Environmental Science

``Increased Human Activity Tied to Global Warming''

482

(4)

``Have We Exceeded Earth's Carrying Capacity?''

486

(4)

``Stem-Cell Therapy: Promise and Reality''

490

(4)

Making Connections

494

(1)

World Wide Web Activity: Ecological Footprint

495

(1)

Theme D. Civil Liberties

496

(17)

Political Science and Government

``Civil Liberties and the Constitution''

496

(5)

``Your Appearance, Good or Bad, Can Affect Size of Your Paycheck''

501

(5)

``Move Over, Big Brother''

506

(6)

Making Connections

512

(1)

World Wide Web Activity: An Advocacy Group Home Page

512

(1)

PART NINE Sample Textbook Chapter

513

(20)

Culture and Interpersonal Communication by Joseph A. DeVito

513

(20)

Credits

533

(4)

Link to the Answer Key

537

(1)

Index

538

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