College reading & study skills Kathleen T. McWhorter.
Detalles de publicación: New York Pearson/Longman c2007.Edición: 10th edDescripción: xvi, 542 p. ill. (some col.), maps 28 cmISBN:- 9780321364784 (pbk.)
- 0321364783 (pbk.)
- College reading and study skills
- 428.40711 M1773c 22
- LB2395.3 .M386 2007
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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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-537) and index.
Success workshops -- pt. 1. Building a foundation for college success -- 1. Setting goals and managing your time -- 2. Learning style and learning strategies -- 3. Understanding how learning and memory work -- 4. Taking notes in class -- pt. 2. Reading textbooks and assignments -- 5. Active reading strategies -- 6. Understanding paragraphs -- 7. Following thought patterns -- 8. Reading graphics and technical writing -- 9. Reading and evaluating electronic sources -- pt. 3. Critical thinking and reading -- 10. Evaluating the author's message -- 11. Evaluating the author's technique -- pt. 4. Developing your vocabulary -- 12. Using context and word parts -- 13. Expanding your vocabulary -- pt. 5. Studying textbooks -- 14. Textbook highlighting and marking -- 15. Methods of organizing information -- 16. Study and review strategies -- pt. 6. Studying for exams -- 17. Preparing for exams -- 18. Taking exams -- pt. 7. Reading flexibility -- 19. Improving your reading rate and flexibility -- pt. 8. Thematic readings -- Theme A. Body adornment -- Theme B. Men's and women's communication -- Theme C. Biotechnology -- Theme D. Civil liberties and the right of privacy -- pt. 9 Sample textbook chapter -- Culture and interpersonal communication / by Joseph A. DeVito.
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- Preface
- Success Workshops Learn
- Everything You Can in the First Week
- Get the Most Out of Your Textbooks
- Polish Your Academic Image
- Participate in Class Strengthen
- Your Concentration Stay Healthy and Relaxed
- Work with Your Classmates Learn from Feedback
- Establish Your Academic
- Integrity Keep a Vocabulary Log
- I Building a Foundation for College Success
- 1 Setting Goals and Managing
- Your Time Establishing
- Your Goals and Priorities Analyzing
- Your Time Commitments Building a Term Plan Building
- Your Weekly Schedule Time-Saving Tips for Students with Busy
- Schedules Fighting the Tendency to Procrastinate
- Multimedia Activities
- Setting Goals and Managing Your Time
- 2 Learning Style and Learning
- Strategies Analyzing
- Your Learning Style Understanding
- Your Instructors Teaching Styles Meeting
- Your Instructors Expectations Developing Active
- Learning Strategies Thinking Critically
- Multimedia Activities
- Learning Style and Learning Strategies
- 3 Understanding How Learning and Memory Work
- Forgetting An Overview of the Learning and Memory Process
- Original Learning
- When to Review How to review Multimedia Activities
- Understanding How Learning and Memory Work
- 4 Taking Notes in Class Sharpening
- Your Listening Skills
- Preparing for a Lecture Class
- How to Take Lecture Notes
- How to Edit Your Notes
- How to Study Your Notes Multimedia Activities
- Taking Notes in Class
- II Reading Textbooks and Assignments
- 5 Active Reading Strategies
- Prereading and Predicting Discovering
- What You Already Know Defining
- Your Purposes for Reading Checking
- Your Comprehension Strengthening
- Your Comprehension Multimedia Activities
- Active Reading Strategies
- 6 Understanding Paragraphs Three Essential
- Elements of a Paragraph
- How to Identify the Topic
- How to Find the Main Idea
- Where to Find the Topic Sentence
- Recognizing Details Transitions
- Unstated Main Ideas Multimedia Activities
- Understanding Paragraphs
- 7 Following Thought Patterns
- The Organization of Textbook Chapters
- The Structure of Articles and Essays
- Types of Supporting Information
- Recognizing Organizational Patterns Multimedia Activities
- Following Thought Patterns
- 8 Reading Graphics and Technical Writing
- Reading Graphics Types of Graphics Reading
- Technical Writing Multimedia Activities
- Reading Graphs and Technical Writing
- 9 Reading and evaluating Electronic Sources
- How to Locate Electronic Sources on the Web Evaluating
- Internet Sources
- Why Electronic Text Requires
- New Reading Strategies
- Developing New Ways of Thinking and Reading
- Avoiding Cyberplagiarism When
- Reading and Conducting
- Research on the Web Multimedia Activities
- Reading and Evaluating Electronic Sources
- III Critical Reading and Thinking
- 10 Evaluating the Authors Message
- Make Inferences as You Read
- Evaluate the Data and Evidence
- Evaluate the Source
- Examine the Authors Qualifications
- Distinguish Between Fact or Opinion
- Identify the Authors Purpose
- Be Alert for Bias
- Analyze the Authors Tone
- Evaluate the Data and Evidence
- Analyze Arguments Multimedia Activities
- Critical Thinking and Reading
- 11 Evaluating the Authors techniques
- Pay Attention to Connotative Language
- Examine Figurative Language
- Watch for Missing Information
- Be Alert for Generalizations Examine the Authors
- Assumptions Watch for Manipulative Language
- IV Developing your Vocabulary