College Reading and Study Skills

by McWhorter, Kathleen T.

• ISBN13: 9780321364784
• ISBN10: 0321364783
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
Success Workshops	1	(20)
PART ONE Building a Foundation for College Success	21	(80)
Setting Goals and Managing Your Time	21	(19)
Establishing Your Goals and Priorities	22	(2)
Analyzing Your Time Commitments	24	(1)
Building a Term Plan	25	(1)
Building Your Weekly Schedule	26	(4)
Time-Saving Tips for Students with Busy Schedules	30	(9)
Fighting the Tendency to Procrastinate	39	(1)
Multimedia Activities: Setting Goals and Managing Your Time	39	(1)
Learning Style and Learning Strategies	40	(22)
Analyzing Your Learning Style	41	(4)
Developing an ActionPlan for Learning	45	(3)
Understanding Your Instructors' Teaching Styles	48	(2)
Meeting Your Instructors' Expectations	50	(2)
Developing Active Learning Strategies	52	(1)
Thinking Critically	53	(8)
Multimedia Activities: Learning Style and Learning Strategies	61	(1)
Improving Learning and Memory	62	(17)
Forgetting	63	(2)
An Overview of the Learning and Memory Process	65	(2)
Original Learning	67	(4)
When to Review	71	(1)
How to Review	72	(6)
Multimedia Activities: Improving Learning and Memory	78	(1)
Taking Notes In Class	79	(22)
Sharpening Your Listening Skills	80	(1)
Preparing for a Lecture Class	81	(1)
How to Take Lecture Notes	82	(7)
How to Edit Your Notes	89	(3)
How to Study Your Notes	92	(7)
Multimedia Activities: Taking Notes in Class	99	(2)
PART TWO Reading Textbooks and Assignments	101	(140)
Active Reading Strategies	101	(26)
Prereading and Predicting	102	(9)
Discovering What You Already Know	111	(2)
Defining Your Purposes for Reading	113	(4)
Checking Your Comprehension	117	(3)
Strengthening Your Comprehension	120	(6)
Multimedia Activities: Active Reading Strategies	126	(1)
Understanding Paragraphs	127	(28)
Three Essential Elements of a Paragraph	128	(1)
How to Identify the Topic	129	(5)
How to Find the Main Idea	134	(1)
Where to Find the Topic Sentence	135	(3)
Recognizing Details	138	(8)
Transitions	146	(1)
Unstated Main Ideas	147	(7)
Multimedia Activities: Understanding Paragraphs	154	(1)
Following Thought Patterns	155	(35)
The Organization of Textbook Chapters	156	(3)
The Structure of Articles and Essays	159	(2)
Types of Supporting Information	161	(6)
Recognizing Organizational Patterns	167	(22)
Multimedia Activities: Following Thought Patterns	189	(1)
Reading Graphics And Technical Writing	190	(30)
Reading Graphics	191	(1)
Types of Graphics	192	(16)
Reading Technical Writing	208	(11)
Multimedia Activities: Reading Graphics and Technical Writing	219	(1)
Reading And Evaluating Electronic Sources	220	(21)
How to Locate Electronic Sources on the Web	221	(2)
Evaluating Internet Sources	223	(4)
Why Electronic Text Requires New Reading Strategies	227	(2)
Developing New Ways of Thinking and Reading	229	(6)
Avoiding Cyberplagiarism When Reading and Conducting Research on the Web	235	(5)
Multimedia Activities: Reading and Evaluating Electronic Sources	240	(1)
PART THREE Critical Reading and Thinking	241	(42)
Evaluating The Author's Message	241	(26)
Make Inferences as You Read	242	(4)
Evaluate the Source	246	(1)
Examine the Author's Qualifications	247	(1)
Distinguish Between Fact or Opinion	248	(2)
Identify the Author's Purpose	250	(2)
Be Alert for Bias	252	(2)
Analyze the Author's Tone	254	(2)
Evaluate the Data and Evidence	256	(2)
Analyze Arguments	258	(8)
Multimedia Activities: Evaluating the Author's Message	266	(1)
Evaluating The Author's Technique	267	(16)
Pay Attention to Connotative Language	268	(1)
Examine Figurative Language	269	(2)
Watch for Missing Information	271	(1)
Be Alert for Generalizations	272	(2)
Examine the Author's Assumptions	274	(1)
Watch for Manipulative Language	275	(7)
Multimedia Activities: Evaluating the Author's Technique	282	(1)
PART FOUR Developing Your Vocabulary	283	(36)
Using Context And Word Parts	283	(19)
A Strategy for Learning Unfamiliar Words	284	(1)
Using Context Clues	284	(7)
Analyzing Word Parts	291	(10)
Multimedia Activities: Using Context and Word Parts	301	(1)
Expanding Your Vocabulary	302	(17)
General Approaches to Vocabulary Expansion	303	(2)
Using Reference Sources	305	(3)
Learning Specialized Terminology	308	(3)
Using Word Mapping to Expand Your Vocabulary	311	(2)
Systems of Learning Vocabulary	313	(5)
Multimedia Activities: Expanding Your Vocabulary	318	(1)
PART FIVE Studying Textbooks	319	(68)
Textbook Highlighting And Marking	319	(19)
The Problem of Textbook Review	320	(1)
How to Highlight Textbooks	320	(2)
Aspects of Effective Highlighting	322	(6)
Testing Your Highlighting	328	(1)
Marking a Textbook	329	(8)
Multimedia Activities: Textbook Highlighting and Marking	337	(1)
Methods Of Organizing Information	338	(27)
Organizing by Outlining	339	(6)
Summarizing	345	(9)
Mapping: A Visual Means of Organizing Ideas	354	(10)
Multimedia Activities: Methods of Organizing Information	364	(1)
Study And Review Strategies	365	(22)
Learning through Writing	367	(7)
A Classic System: SQ3R	374	(4)
Updating and Revising the SQ3R System	378	(1)
Adapting Your System for Different Academic Disciplines	379	(7)
Multimedia Activities: Study and Review Strategies	386	(1)
PART SIX Studying For Exams	387	(40)
Preparing For Exams	387	(16)
Organizing Your Study and Review	388	(1)
Identifying What to Study	389	(2)
Analyzing and Synthesizing Information	391	(3)
Learning and Memorizing	394	(8)
Multimedia Activities: Preparing for Exams	402	(1)
Taking Exams	403	(24)
General Suggestions for Taking Exams	404	(2)
Hints for Taking Objective Exams	406	(6)
Hints for Taking Standardized Tests	412	(1)
Hints for Taking Essay Exams	413	(6)
Controlling Test Anxiety	419	(6)
Multimedia Activities: Taking Exams	425	(2)
PART SEVEN Reading Flexibility	427	(22)
Improving Your Reading Rate And Flexibility	427	(22)
Building Your Reading Rate	428	(4)
Developing Your Reading Flexibility	432	(15)
Multimedia Activities: Improving Your Reading Rate and Flexibility	447	(2)
PART EIGHT Thematic Readings	449	(1)
Theme A. Body Adornment	450	(16)
Sociology/Cultural Anthropology
``Body Adornment''	450	(5)
``From Bear Teeth to Pearls: Why We Adorn Ourselves''	455	(5)
``The Decorated Body''	460	(4)
Making Connections	464	(1)
World Wide Web Activity: Key Word Searches	464	(2)
Theme B. Men'S and Women'S Communication	466	(16)
Communication
``Communication Between Women and Men''	466	(4)
``The Talk of the Sandbox: How Johnny and Suzy's Playground Chatter Prepares Them for Life at the Office''	470	(6)
``Communication Between Sexes: A War of the Words?''	476	(5)
Making Connections	481	(1)
World Wide Web Activity: A Researcher's Home Page	481	(1)
Theme C. Controversies in Science	482	(14)
Biology and Environmental Science
``Increased Human Activity Tied to Global Warming''	482	(4)
``Have We Exceeded Earth's Carrying Capacity?''	486	(4)
``Stem-Cell Therapy: Promise and Reality''	490	(4)
Making Connections	494	(1)
World Wide Web Activity: Ecological Footprint	495	(1)
Theme D. Civil Liberties	496	(17)
Political Science and Government
``Civil Liberties and the Constitution''	496	(5)
``Your Appearance, Good or Bad, Can Affect Size of Your Paycheck''	501	(5)
``Move Over, Big Brother''	506	(6)
Making Connections	512	(1)
World Wide Web Activity: An Advocacy Group Home Page	512	(1)
PART NINE Sample Textbook Chapter	513	(20)
Culture and Interpersonal Communication by Joseph A. DeVito	513	(20)
Credits	533	(4)
Link to the Answer Key	537	(1)
Index	538