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College Reading and Study Skills

ISBN: 9780321049568 | 032104956X
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson (Manual)
Pub. Date: 7/1/2000

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SummaryTable of Contents
Emphasizing critical thinking, College Reading and Study Skills approaches reading and study skills as active learning processes. Students analyze their learning style and then apply what they have learned with new Learning Experiments and Learning Principles exercises. A new section of thematically organized readings in Part 7 offers practice with both textbook and non-textbook excerpts as well as web reading. A new Chapter 9, Reading Electronic Sources, presents strategies for reading and evaluating electronic sources. New SuccessWorkshops of... MORE
Contentsix
Prefacexv
Student Review Panelxxiii
Success Workshops1(14)
PART ONE Building a Foundation for College Success15(68)
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Setting Goals and Managing Your Time
15(16)
Learning Style and Learning Strategies
31(19)
Understanding How Learning and Memory Work
50(14)
Taking Notes in Class
64(19)
PART TWO Reading Textbooks and Assignments83(154)
Active Reading Strategies
83(24)
Understanding Paragraphs
107(27)
Following Thought Patterns
134(33)
Reading Graphics and Technical Writing
167(27)
Reading Electronic Sources
194(19)
Critical Thinking and Reading
213(24)
PART THREE Developing Your Vocabulary237(32)
Expanding Your Vocabulary
237(14)
Using Context and Word Parts
251(18)
PART FOUR Studying Textbooks269(52)
Textbook Highlighting and Marking
269(17)
Methods of Organizing Information
286(16)
Study and Review Strategies
302(19)
PART FIVE Studying for Exams321(34)
Preparing for Exams
321(14)
Taking Exams
335(20)
PART SIX Reading Flexibility355(20)
Improving Your Reading Rate and Flexibility
355(20)
PART SEVEN Thematic Readings375(44)
Theme A Body Adornment
376(9)
Theme B Men's and Women's Communication
385(9)
Theme C Endangered and Extinct species
394(12)
Theme D Computers and Privacy
406(6)
Theme E Multicultural Identity
412(7)
Success Workshops419(10)
Appendix: Preparing and Writing Research Papers429(10)
Answer Key439(10)
Credits449(8)
Index457

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