Mindscapes

Critical Reading Skills and Strategies

By: Christine Evans Carter

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Paperback | 2 January 2013 | Edition Number 2

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Developed for students at the 10-12 reading level, MINDSCAPES: CRITICAL READING SKILLS AND STRATEGIES, 2E helps students become stronger readers based on how the brain best processes and learns information. Christine Evans Carter has developed a powerful approach to building reading skills that is based on the latest research in brain-based learning; when students recognize the structure and organization of information, they maximize their learning power. This focus on text structure provides a scaffold onto which developmental-level readers can apply new knowledge. Information is presented in a carefully crafted sequence that serves to build upon prior knowledge and expand understanding of skills and strategies in a recursive manner. In addition, each chapter includes study skills and discipline-specific vocabulary and reading strategies to help students succeed in all of their courses.

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Introduction: Fundamental Study Strategies For College Success UNIT I: READING FOR STRUCTURE 1. Understanding Active Reading. How You Learn. Reading Strategies. Your Purpose For Reading. Reading Study Strategy: Surveying And Previewing A Reading. Identifying Topic. Vocabulary Strategy: Using Context Clues. Applications. 2. Understanding Patterns Of Organization And Supporting Details. Recognizing Patterns Of Organization. Relationships Between Ideas. Reading Study Strategies: Paraphrase To Aid Comprehension. Vocabulary Strategy: Identifying Prefixes And Suffixes. Applications. Unit 1: Textbook Application. UNIT II: READING FOR MAIN IDEAS 3. Understanding Explicit Main Ideas. Author's Purpose. Main Idea. Reading Study Strategy: Summarizing to Express Main Idea and Supporting Details. Vocabulary Strategy: Recognizing Root Words. Applications. 4. Understanding Implied Main Ideas. Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions. Implied Main Idea. Vocabulary Strategy: Understanding Figurative Language. Reading Study Strategy: Reading and Understanding Literature. Applications. Unit 2: Textbook Application. UNIT III: READING FOR STUDY 5. Understanding Text Marking and Annotation. Reading Study Strategies: Monitoring Your Reading. Marking and Annotating Text. Vocabulary Strategy: Improving Your College-Level Vocabulary. Applications. 6. Understanding Text Note Taking. Reading Study Strategies: College Reading In The Disciplines. Using Textbook Features. Taking Notes. Note Taking from Reading. Vocabulary Strategy: Studying Vocabulary. Applications. Unit 3: Textbook Application. UNIT IV: READING CRITICALLY 7. Understanding Arguments. Reading Study Strategies: How to Read a Variety of Sources. Reading Controversial Text. Vocabulary Strategy: Recognizing Bias and Tone: Denotation, Connotation, and Loaded Language. Applications. 8: Evaluating Arguments. Reading Study Strategy: Critical Thinking Strategies. Recognizing Deductive and Inductive Reasoning. Evaluating Arguments. Vocabulary Strategy: Intended Meaning: Euphemisms and Doublespeak. Applications. Unit 4: Textbook Application.

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