Reading Skills For College Students

by Hancock, Ophelia H

• ISBN13: 9780132208123
• ISBN10: 0132208121
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-25
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

For courses in College Reading. Reading Skills for College Studentsincreases students'reading skills and reading enjoyment! The purpose of the seventh edition ofReading Skills for College Studentsis the same as previous editions--to improve the reading skills of college students and to increase their reading enjoyment. Hancock continues to help students improve their vocabulary, comprehension, reading rate, and study and test-taking abilities. The seventh edition covers all the reading skills required for college study, giving students hands-on practice with a variety of exercises. An abundance of information is available through expanding technology revolution; however, it takes advanced reading skills to select, read, and evaluate all this information. Reading Skills for College Students serves as an excellent resource for the rest of studentsrs" college careers by providing instruction on reading in six different major content areas. The author has included specific chapters on reading for Literature, History, Psychology, Biology, Computers and Data Processing, and Business courses.

Table of Contents

To the Instructor	xiii
Acknowledgments	xvii
PART ONE READING SKILLS
Study Skills	1	(16)
Making Adjustments	1	(1)
Time Management	2	(2)
Psychological Factors	4	(2)
Study Environment	6	(1)
A Study Plan	7	(1)
Test Taking	8	(3)
Learning Resources	11	(4)
Suggestions for Further Study	15	(2)
Context Clues	17	(28)
Building Your Vocabulary	17	(1)
Using Context Clues	18	(25)
Exercise 1: Context Clues	21	(8)
Exercise 2: Context Clues	29	(5)
Exercise 3: Context Clues	34	(6)
Exercise 4: Context Clues	40	(3)
Suggestions for Further Study	43	(2)
Structural Analysis	45	(22)
Using Root Words	45	(4)
Using Prefixes	49	(2)
Using Suffixes	51	(15)
Exercise 5: Structural Analysis	53	(4)
Exercise 6: Structural Analysis	57	(5)
Exercise 7: Structural Analysis	62	(4)
Suggestions for Further Study	66	(1)
Dictionary Skills	67	(10)
Using the Dictionary	67	(9)
Exercise 8: Using the Dictionary	72	(4)
Suggestions for Further Study	76	(1)
Main Ideas	77	(30)
Reading with Comprehension	77	(1)
Finding Main Ideas	78	(28)
Exercise 9: Finding Main Ideas	84	(3)
Exercise 10: Finding Main Ideas	87	(14)
Exercise 11: Expressing Main Ideas	101	(5)
Suggestions for Further Study	106	(1)
Details	107	(18)
Major and Minor Details	107	(17)
Exercise 12: Finding Major and Minor Details	111	(8)
Exercise 13: Finding Details	119	(5)
Suggestions for Further Study	124	(1)
Signal Words	125	(6)
Understanding Signal Words	125	(5)
Exercise 14: Identifying Signal Words	128	(2)
Suggestions for Further Study	130	(1)
Organizational Patterns	131	(16)
Understanding Organizational Patterns	131	(15)
Exercise 15: Organizational Patterns	136	(10)
Suggestions for Further Study	146	(1)
Purpose and Tone	147	(16)
Understanding Purpose and Tone	147	(15)
Exercise 16: Purpose and Tone	151	(11)
Suggestions for Further Study	162	(1)
Inferences	163	(20)
Drawing Inferences	163	(19)
Exercise 17: Inferences	165	(6)
Exercise 18: Inferences	171	(6)
Exercise 19: Inferences	177	(5)
Suggestions for Further Study	182	(1)
Critical Reading	183	(26)
Questioning, Comparing, and Evaluating	183	(25)
Exercise 20: Fact and Opinion	188	(2)
Exercise 21: Critical Evaluation	190	(8)
Exercise 22: Questioning, Comparing, and Evaluating	198	(5)
Exercise 23: Questioning, Comparing, and Evaluating	203	(5)
Suggestions for Further Study	208	(1)
Graphics	209	(24)
Understanding Graphics	209	(22)
Exercise 24: Interpreting Graphics	218	(13)
Suggestions for Further Study	231	(2)
Rate	233	(10)
Rate and Comprehension	233	(1)
The Reading Process	234	(3)
Flexibility in Rate	237	(4)
Suggestions for Further Study	241	(2)
PART TWO READING IN THE CONTENT AREA
Literature	243	(18)
Studying Literature	243	(2)
``Livvie'' by Eudora Welty	245	(15)
Exercise 25	256	(4)
Suggestions for Further Study	260	(1)
History	261	(16)
Studying History	261	(2)
``A Changing America''	263	(13)
Exercise 26	271	(5)
Suggestions for Further Study	276	(1)
Psychology	277	(12)
Studying Psychology	277	(2)
``Measuring Intelligence''	279	(9)
Exercise 27	285	(3)
Suggestions for Further Study	288	(1)
Biology	289	(14)
Studying Biology	289	(2)
``Immunity''	291	(11)
Exercise 28	299	(3)
Suggestions for Further Study	302	(1)
Computer Science and Data Processing	303	(16)
Studying Computer Science and Data Processing	303	(2)
``The Technology Revolution''	305	(12)
Exercise 29	312	(5)
Suggestions for Further Study	317	(2)
Business	319	(16)
Studying Business	319	(2)
``Understanding Business''	321	(12)
Exercise 30	329	(4)
Suggestions for Further Study	333	(2)
PART THREE READING SELECTIONS
``Evolution of a Flag''	335	(6)
Allyson Patton
Exercise 31	337	(4)
``Are We Tolerating More Dishonesty?	341	(6)
Barbara Zigli
Exercise 32	343	(4)
``I'm Going to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge''	347	(6)
Adrienne Popper
Exercise 33	349	(4)
``Statue of Liberty National Monument''	353	(8)
Exercise 34	356	(5)
``Hard Times''	361	(8)
Norman Strung
Exercise 35	364	(5)
``The Open Window''	369	(8)
Saki (H. H. Munro)
Exercise 36	372	(5)
``In the Blink of an Eye''	377	(8)
Shawna Vogel
Exercise 37	380	(5)
``The Chaser''	385	(6)
John Collier
Exercise 38	387	(4)
``They Dared Cocaine---and Lost''	391	(12)
Henry Hurt
Exercise 39	397	(6)
``The Necklace''	403	(12)
Guy De Maupassant
Edgar V. Roberts
Exercise 40	410	(5)
``One Good Turn''	415	(8)
Witold Rybczynski
Exercise 41	417	(6)
``A Worn Path''	423	(12)
Eudora Welty
Exercise 42	430	(5)
``The Chrysanthemums''	435	(14)
John Steinbeck
Exercise 43	443	(6)
``The Attic of the Brain''	449	(6)
Lewis Thomas
Exercise 44	452	(3)
``The Pedestrian''	455	(8)
Ray Bradbury
Exercise 45	459	(4)
Index	463