Efficient and Flexible Reading (with MyReadingLab)
ISBN: 9780205574834 | 0205574831
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 5/21/2007
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Efficient and Flexible Readingteaches students how to vary their approach to written texts based on the material and their purpose for reading. In addition to instruction in literal and critical comprehension skills, vocabulary, and study skills, Efficient and Flexible Reading teaches students how to identify text structures and thought patterns for more efficient learning. Emphasizing reading as an active thinking process, the author presents systems for monitoring concentration, comprehension, and recall, encouraging students to assess the re... MORE
| Preface | |
| Developing a Basis for Reading and Learning | |
| Developing Your Efficiency and Flexibility Analyzing | |
| Your Reading Efficiency Analyzing | |
| Your Learning Style Developing Reading Flexibility Principles of Efficiency and Flexibility Evaluating | |
| Your Rate and Flexibility Critical Thinking Tip #1 Developing Critical Thinking Skills | |
| Summary Reading | |
| ldquo;Ho... MORE | |
| ldquo;Talking A Stranger Through the nightrdquo; | |
| Active Reading and Learning Reading and Thinking Actively Improving | |
| Your Concentration Monitoring | |
| Your Comprehension Prereading and Predicting Developing Guide Questions | |
| Critical Thinking | |
| Tip #2 Developing a Questioning Mind-Set Summary Reading | |
| ldquo;Profile of a Terroristrdquo; Reading | |
| ldquo;Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Spacerdquo; | |
| Strengthening Your Word Power Expanding | |
| Your Vocabulary Using Contextual Aids Analyzing Word Parts | |
| Using Word Mapping to Expand Your Vocabulary | |
| A System for Learning Unfamiliar Words | |
| Using Vocabulary Reference Sources Critical Thinking Tip #3 Vague Versus Clear Meanings | |
| Summary Reading | |
| ldquo;My Black Skin Makes My White Coat Vanishrdquo; Reading | |
| ldquo;Stem cell Therapy: Promise and Realityrdquo; Academic Scenario | |
| Main Ideas and Paragraph Structure Paragraph Organization | |
| Identifying the Topic Finding the Main Idea and Topic Sentence Implied Main Idea Developing | |
| Expectations as You Read Major and Minor Supporting Details | |
| Types of Supporting Details Using Transitions Critical Thinking | |
| Tip #4 Recognizing Your Own Bias | |
| Summary Reading | |
| ldquo;The Appreciation of Humorrdquo; Reading | |
| ldquo;Privacy on the Webrdquo; | |
| Patterns: Relationships Among Ideas How Recognizing a Pattern Improves Recall | |
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