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| Note: Each chapter in Part I concludes with a Chapter Summary and an Extended Application | |
| Handbook for Reading and Study Strategies | |
| Taking Control of Your Reading | |
| Assessing Your Academic Self-Esteem Taking Control of Your Learning | |
| Taking Control of Your Learning Environment | |
| Taking Control of Your Comprehension | |
| Preparing for Tests | |
| Using Context Clues and Other Strategies for Increasing Vocabulary | |
| How Will Context Help You Read Academic Text? | |
| What Is the Process for Using Context Clues? | |
| What Are the Most Useful Types of Context Clues? | |
| Intelligent Use of the Dictionary | |
| Word Structure: A Clue to Word Meaning | |
| Strategic Reading for Topics, Subtopics, and Main Ideas | |
| What Is the Topic of a Reading Selection? | |
| Recognizing Topics and Subtopics Just What Is the Main Idea? | |
| Purposes for Creating Main-Idea Sentences | |
| The Process for Creating Main-Idea Sentences | |
| Other Considerations for Creating Main-Idea Sentences | |
| Testing Your Main-Idea Sentences | |
| Understanding Details | |
| Why Are Details Needed? | |
| Understanding Types of Details | |
| Details as Answers to Questions | |
| Major and Minor Details | |
| Understanding Organizational Patterns in Academic | |
| Texts Reviewing | |
| What You Already Know How Can Patterns Be Identified? | |
| Relationships Among Main Ideas, Details, and Patterns | |
| Recognizing Patterns of Organization Using Patterns to Help You Remember | |
| Strategies for Critical Reading and Thinking | |
| What Is Critical Reading? | |
| Distinguishing Statements of Fact from Statements of Opinion | |
| Evidence for Statements of Opinion | |
| Additional Criteria for Judging | |
| Facts and Opinions | |
| Recognizing Point of View | |
| Reading to Make Inferences | |
| Inferences in Everyday Life | |
| Finding Support for Your Inferences | |
| Identifying Author's Style, Mood, and Tone Drawing | |
| Conclusions from Your Reading | |
| Strategies for Reading Visual Aids in Texts | |
| What Are Visual Aids? | |
| What Are the Various Types of Visual Aids? | |
| How Do Visual Aids Facilitate Comprehension? | |
| What Are Effective Strategies for Reading Visual Aids? | |
| Previewing Visual Aids | |
| Noting Details | |
| Connecting Visual Aids to Text | |
| Making Inferences from Visual Aids Drawing | |
| Conclusions from Visual Aids | |
| Strategies for Active Listening and Notetaking | |
| Becoming a Good Listener | |
| Indicators of Positive Listening | |
| Effective Notetaking from Books and Lectures | |
| A Process for Effective Notetaking | |
| Identifying Usable Notes | |
| Notetaking Basics | |
| Notetaking Systems | |
| Using Your Notes | |
| Effectively Preparing Graphics from Lectures and Texts | |
| Underlining and Marking Textbooks | |
| Assessing Your New Knowledge | |
| Background Essays for Academic Literacy Cross-Reference to Handbook for Reading and Study Strategies | |
| Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior | |
| Key Concepts for the Study of Psychology | |
| Preview The Education Directorate and the Office of Public Communications and the American Psychological Association, What Psychology Is? | |
| Comprehension of the Discipline Critical Thinking: Reaction and Discussion Guidelines for Reading Psychology | |
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| Preview John Cloud Marguerite Michaels Sarah Sturmon Dale, What's Race Got to Do with It? Postreading Comprehension Development Critical Thinking: Reaction and Discussion | |
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| Women of Islam Postreading Comprehension Development Critical Thinking: Reaction and Discussion | |
| The Sciences: Knowledge of the Physical World Key Concepts for the Study of the Sciences | |
| Preview American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Nature of Science Comprehension of the Discipline Critical Thinking: Reaction and Discussion Guidelines for Reading the Sciences | |
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| Postreading Comprehension Development Critical Thinking: Reaction and Discussion | |
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| Postreading Comprehension Development Critical Thinking: Reaction and Discussion | |
| Business: The Activities of Groups or Individuals Who Develop, Produce, and Distribute Goods and Services Key Concepts for the Study of Business | |
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| Making Work Meaningful: Secrets of the Future-Focused Corporation Comprehension of the Discipline | |
| Critical Thinking: Reaction and Discussion Guidelines for Reading Business | |
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| Postreading Comprehension Development Critical Thinking: Reaction and Discussion | |
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| The World Is Their Ashtray Postreading Comprehension Development | |
| Critical Thinking: Reaction and Discussion | |
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| History: A Record or Explanation of Past Events Key Concepts for the Study of History | |
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| Comprehension of the Discipline Critical Thinking: Reaction and Discussion Guidelines for Reading History | |
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| Postreading Comprehension Development Critical Thinking: Reaction and Discussion | |
| Literature: Writing in Prose or Verse, Creatively Expressing Ideas of Universal Interest Key Concepts for the Study of Literature | |
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| Political Science: A Social Science Analyzing Political Processes and Institutions Key Concepts for the Study of Political Science | |
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