College Reading and Study Skills (with MyReadingLab)

by McWhorter, Kathleen T.

• ISBN13: 9780321104502
• ISBN10: 0321104501
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Emphasizing comprehension and metacognition,College Reading and Study Skills approaches reading and study skills as essential skills necessary for college success.Students analyze their personal learning style and then apply what they have learned with "Learning Experiments" and "Learning Principles" exercises in each chapter. This innovative text stretches beyond its pages into Web-based readings as well.For students interested in improving their reading and study skills.

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

Building a Foundation for College Success

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

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

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

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

Reading Textbooks and Assignments

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

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

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

Reading Graphics and Technical Writing

Reading Graphics Types of Graphics Reading

Technical Writing Multimedia Activities

Reading Graphs and Technical Writing

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

Critical Reading and Thinking

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

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

Developing your Vocabulary

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