College Reading and Study Skills (book alone), 10/E
ISBN-10: 0321364783
ISBN-13: 9780321364784
Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 560 pp
Published: 06/30/2006
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College Reading and Study Skills, a developmental-level text, focuses on teaching reading and study skills through direct instruction and multiple opportunities for skill application.
College Reading and Study Skills was written primarily for the courses that are half reading, half study skills. The illustrated introduction consists of ten Success Workshops on skills that directly contribute to success in college. Each chapter provides concise instruction on the topic it covers, skill application exercises, exercises that use textbook excerpts, interactive and collaborative activities, writing activities, and a Self-Test Summary and Quick Quiz.
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Table of Contents
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 Author’s Message
Make Inferences as You Read
Evaluate the Data and Evidence
Evaluate the Source
Examine the Author’s Qualifications
Distinguish Between Fact or Opinion
Identify the Author’s Purpose
Be Alert for Bias
Analyze the Author’s Tone
Evaluate the Data and Evidence
Analyze Arguments
Multimedia Activities: Critical Thinking and Reading
11. Evaluating the Author’s techniques
Pay Attention to Connotative Language
Examine Figurative Language
Watch for Missing Information
Be Alert for Generalizations
Examine the Author’s Assumptions
Watch for Manipulative Language
IV. DEVELOPING YOUR VOCABULARY
12. Using Context and Word Parts
A Strategy for Learning Unfamiliar Words
Using Context Clues
Analyzing Word Parts
Multimedia Activities: Using Context and Word Parts
13. Expanding Your Vocabulary
General Approaches to Vocabulary Expansion
Using Reference Sources
Learning Specialized Terminology
Using Word Mapping to Expand Your Vocabulary
Systems of Learning Vocabulary
Multimedia Activities: Expanding Your Vocabulary
V. STUDYING TEXTBOOKS
14. Textbook Highlighting and Marking
The Problem of Textbook Review
How to Highlight Textbooks
Aspects of Effective Highlighting
Testing Your Highlighting
Marking a Textbook
Multimedia Activities: Textbook Highlighting and Marking
15. Methods of Organizing Information
Organizing by Outlining
Summarizing
Mapping: A Visual Means of Organizing Ideas
Multimedia Activities: Methods of Organizing Information
16. Study and Review Strategies
Learning through Writing
A Classic System: SQ3R
Updating and Revising the SQ3R System
Adapting Your System for Different Academic Disciplines
Multimedia Activities: Study and Review Strategies
VI. STUDYING FOR EXAMS
17. Preparing for Exams
Organizing Your Study and Review
Identifying What to Study
Analyzing and Synthesizing Information
Learning and Memorizing
Multimedia Activities: Preparing for Exams
18. Taking Exams
General Suggestions for Taking Exams
Hints for Taking Objective Exams
Hints for Taking Standardized Tests
Hints for Taking Essay Exams
Controlling Test Anxiety
Multimedia Activities: Taking Exams
VII. READING FLEXIBILITY
19. Improving Your Reading Rate and Flexibility
Building Your Reading Rate
Developing Your Reading Flexibility
Multimedia Activities: Improving Your Reading Rate and Flexibility
VIII. THEMATIC READINGS
Theme A. Body Adornment
(Sociology/Cultural Anthropology)
“Body Adornment”
“From Bear Teeth to Pearls: Why We Adorn Ourselves”
“The Decorated Body”
Making Connections
World Wide Web Activity: Keyword Searches
Theme B. Men’s and Women’s Communication
(Communication)
“Communication Between Women and Men”
“The Talk of the Sandbox: How Johnny and Suzy’s Playground Chatter Prepares Them for Life at the Office”
“Communication Between Sexes: A War of the Words?”
Making Connections
World Wide Web Activity: A Researcher’s Home Page
Theme C. Controversies in Science
(Biology and Environmental Science)
“Increased Human Activity Tied to Global Warming”
“Have We Exceeded Earth’s Carrying Capacity”
“Stem-Cell Therapy: Promise and reality”
Making Connections
World Wide Web Activity: Ecological Footprint
Theme D. Civil Liberties
(Political Science and Government)
“Civil Liberties and the Constitution”
“Your Appearance, Good or Bad, Can Affect Size of Your …”
“ Move Over, Big Brother”
Making Connections
World Wide Web Activity: An Advocacy Group Home Page
Theme E. Multicultural Identity
(Humanities/Literature)
“Child of the Americas”
“On Being Blackanese”
“Kipling and I”
Making Connections
World Wide Web Activity: An Online Newsjournal
IX. SAMPLE TEXTBOOK CHAPTER
Culture and Interpersonal Communication
Credits
Link to the Answer Key
Index
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