* - New reading selections for this editionTo the Instructor: Getting Started in Opening DoorsTo the StudentPART ONE: ORIENTATION: PREPARING AND ORGANIZING YOURSELF FOR SUCCESS IN COLLEGE
CHAPTER ONE: MAKING YOURSELF SUCCESSFUL IN COLLEGESkillsDoing What Successful Students DoMotivating YourselfSetting Your GoalsIdentifying How You Prefer to Learn Mananging Your TimeSetting Up a Weekly Study Schedule Making the Most of Your Study TimePlanning Further Ahead: Creating a Monthly Assignment Calendar and Using a Daily To Do ListCreating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardsReadings *Selection 1-1 âWhy Go to College" from P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life by Robert S. Feldman (Student Success)*Selection 1-2 âGetting Ready for Prime Time: Learning the Skills Needed to Succeed Today and Tomorrowâ from Understanding Business by William Nickels, James McHugh, and Susan McHugh(Business)*Selection 1-3 âSavedâ from The Autobiography of Malcom X, as told to Alex Haley (Literature)
CHAPTER TWO: APPROACHING COLLEGE READING AND DEVELOPING A COLLEGE-LEVEL VOCABULARYSkills Understanding the Reading ProcessImproving Your ReadingPredicting as You ReadMonitoring Your Comprehension Adjusting Your Reading RateDeveloping a College-Level VocabularyUsing Context CluesUsing Word-Structure ClassUsing a Dictionary Pronunciation KeyUnderstanding Denotations and Connotations of WordsUnderstanding Figurative LanguageA Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Context Clues and Figurative LanguageCreating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardsTest Your Understanding: Context Clues, Part 1Test Your Understanding: Context Clues, Part 2Test Your Understanding: Word-Structure, Part 1Test Your Understanding: Word-Structure, Part 2Test Your Understanding: Figurative Language, Part 1Test Your Understanding: Figurative Language, Part 2Readings*Selection 2-1 âMaking It Happen: Creating Positive Change to Become a Peak Perfomerâ from Peak Performance: Success in College and Beyond by Sharon K. Ferrett (Student Success) *Selection 2-2 âTerrorism in a Global Ageâ from Nation of Nations: A Narrative History of the American Republic by James Davidson et al. (History)*Selection 2-3 âA Whale of a Survival Problemâ from The Nature of Life by John Postlehwait and Janet Hopson (Biology)
CHAPTER THREE: APPROACHING COLLEGE ASSIGNMENTS: READING TEXTBOOKS AND FOLLOWING DIRECTIONSSkillsCollege Textbooks: Methods for Reading and Studying EffectivelyThe SQ3R Study SystemThe Three-Step Process for Reading and Studying TextbooksStep 1: Prepare to ReadStep 2: Ask and Answer Questions to Enhance your ReadingStep 3: Review by Rehearsing the Answers to Your Questions Following Directions in Textbooks and on TestsGuidelines for Following DirectionsCreating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardsReadings*Selection 3-1 âAfrican Americans: The Struggle for Equalityâ from The American Democracy by Thomas E. Patterson(Government)*Selection 3-2 âParenthood: Now, Later,...Never?â from Human Development by Diane E. Papalia, Sally Wendkos Olds, and Ruth Feldman(Human Development)*Selection 3-3 âArt in the Service of Religionâ from Living with Art by Rita Gilbert (Art Appreciation)
PART TWO: COMPREHENSION: UNDERSTANDING COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS BY READING FOR IDEASCHAPTER FOUR: DETERMINING THE TOPIC AND THE STATED MAIN IDEASkillsThe Topic of a ParagraphWhat is the Topic of a Paragraph, and why is it important?Determining and Expressing the Topic The Stated Main Idea of a ParagraphWhat is a stated main idea, and why is it important? Locating the Stated Main Idea SentenceHow to tell if you have identified the stated main idea sentenceHow to avoid two common errors in locating a stated main ideaStated Overall Main Ideas in Longer PassagesA Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Topics and Stated Main IdeasCheckpoint: Locating the Stated Main IdeaCreating your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardsTest Your Understanding: Determining the Topic and the Stated Main Idea, Part 1Test Your Understanding: Determining the Topic and the Stated Main Idea, Part 2Readings*Selection 4-1 "A Warning to Students: Plagiarism, Term Papers, and Web Researchâ from Using Information Technology: A Pratical Introduction to Computers and Communication by Brian K. Williams and Stacy C. Sawyer(Information Technology)*Selection 4-2 âClasses without Walls: Distance Learningâ from P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life by Robert S. Feldman(Student Success)*Selection 4-3 âMuhammadâ from The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History by Michael K. Hart (History)
CHAPTER FIVE: FORMULATING IMPLIED MAIN IDEASSkills Implied Main Ideas in ParagraphsWhat is an Implied Main Idea?Why is formulating implied main ideas important?Formulating an Implied Main IdeaSteps to FollowThree Formulas for Using Information in a Paragraph to Formulate the Main IdeaRequirements for Correctly Formulated Main Idea SentencesImplied Overall Main Ideas in Longer PassagesA Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Implied Main IdeasCheckpoint: Formulating Implied Main IdeasCreating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardsTest Your Understanding: Formulating Implied Main Ideas, Part 1Test Your Understanding: Formulating Implied Main Ideas, Part 2Readings*Selection 5-1 âIdentity Theft: You are at Riskâ from several internet sources (Personal Finance)*Selection 5-2 âViolence in Television and Video Games: Does the Media's Message Matter?â from Esentials of Understanding Psychology by Robert S. Feldman (Psychology)
CHAPTER SIX: Identifying Supporting DetailsSkills Supporting Details in ParagraphsWhat are Supporting Details?Why are Supporting Details important?Identifying and Listing Supporting Details Major and Minor Detail, and How to Tell the DifferenceA Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Supporting DetailsCheckpoint: Identifying Supporting DetailsCreating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardsTest Your Understanding: Identifying Supporting Details, Part 1Test Your Understanding: Identifying Supporting Details, Part 2Readings*Selection 6-1 âShaping Your Health: The Millennial Generation and Early Adulthoodâ from Understanding Your Health by Wayne A. Payne, Dale B. Hahn, and Ellen B. Lucas (Health)*Selection 6-2 âQuacks and Quackeryâ from Concepts of Fitness and Wellness by Charles Corbin, Greg Welk, William Corbin, and Karen Welk (Health)*Selection 6-3 âWhat Can Be Done to Help Third World Countriesâ from A Beginner's Guide to the World Economy by Randy Charles Epping (Economics)
CHAPTER SEVEN: Recognizing Authorsâ Writing PatternsSkills Patterns of Writing What are authors' writing patterns?Why is recognizing writing patterns important?Recognizing Author's Writing Patterns List PatternSequence PatternDefinition PatternComparison-Contrast PatternCause-Effect PatternSpatial Order PatternAvoid Seeing Everything as a List PatternCheckpoint: Recognizing Authorsâ Writing PatternsOther Writing PatternsAddition PatternGeneralization and Example PatternStatement and Clarification PatternSummary PatternMixed PatternCheckpoint: Other Writing PatternsRelationships within and between Success1.Clarification2.Example3.Addition4.Sequence5.Comparison6.Contrast7.Cause-Effect8.Problem-Solution9.Spatial Order10.Summary/Conclusion11.ConcessionA Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Authors' Writing PatternsCheckpoint: Relationships within and between SentencesCreating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardsTest Your Understanding: Basic Writing Patterns, Part 1Test Your Understanding: Recognizing Authorsâ Writing Patterns, Part 2Readings*Selection 7-1 âE-Commerce? It's E-Normousâ from Understanding Business by William Nickels, James McHugh and Susan McHugh(Business) *Selection 7-2 âThe Development of Rock Music and Rock in American Societyâ from Music: An Appreciation by Roger Kamien (Music Appreciation)*Selection 7-3 âReactions to Impending Deathâ from Essentials of Psychology by Dennis Coon (Psychology)
CHAPTER EIGHT: Reading CriticallySkills What Is Critical Reading?Critical Reading SkillsDetermining an Author's Purpose and Intended AudienceDetermining an Author's Point of View, Tone, and Intended MeaningA Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Critical ReadingCheckpoint: Reading CriticallyCreating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardsTest Your Understanding: Reading Critically, Part 1Test Your Understanding: Reading Critically, Part 2Readings*Selection 8-1 "Prologue" from The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (Literature)*Selection 8-2 âThink Before You Speak: Public Speaking in a Multicultural Worldâ from The Art of Public Speaking by Stephen E. Lucas (Speech Communication) *Selection 8-3 From The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (Literature)
CHAPTER NINE: Thinking CriticallySkills What Is Thinking Critically, and Why Is It Important? Critical Reading SkillsWhy Readers Fail to Think Critically<H
5>Distinguishing Facts from Opinions and Determining Whether Opinions are Well SupportedEvaluating an Author's AgreementIdentifying Propaganda DevicesA Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Critical ThinkingCheckpoint: Thinking CriticallyCreating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards Test Your Understanding: Thinking Critically, Part 1Test Your Understanding: Thinking Critically, Part 2Readings*Selection 9-1 âPoverty in America and Improving Social Welfare through Public Educationâ from The American Democracy by Thomas E. Patterson(Government)*Selection 9-2 âYour Financial Wellnessâ from Connect Core Concepts in Health by Paul Insel and Walton Roth(Health) *Selection 9-3 âOur Ecological Footprint: Do We Consume Too Muchâ from Environmental Science" A Study of Interrelationships by Eldon Enger and Bradley Smith (Environmental Science)
PART THREE: SYSTEMS FOR STUDYING TEXTBOOKS: DEVELOPING A SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR YOU
CHAPTER TEN: SELECTING AND ORGANIZING TEXTBOOK INFORMATIONSkills Studying Better Rather than HarderThree Keys to Studying College TextbooksKey 1: SelectivityKey 2: OrganizationKey 3: RehearsalMaking Textbooks: Underlining, Highlighting, and AnnotatingTaking Notes from Textbooks: Outlining, Mapping, and SummarizingTaking Notes on a LaptopGuidelines for OutliningGuidelines for the Cornell Method of Note-TakingGuidelines for MappingGuidelines for SummarizingGuidelines for Interpreting Graphs and Visual AidsHow Can You Interpret Visual Aids?Bar Graphs Line Graphs Pie ChartsTablesPhotographsDiagramsMapsCartoonsCreating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardsReading *Selection 10-1: âThe Age of Globalizationâ from American History: A Survey by Alan Brinkley(History)
CHAPTER ELEVEN: REHEARSING TEXTBOOK INFORMATION AND PREPARING FOR TESTSSkills Rehearsal and MemorYStudying for TestsGeneral GuidelinesFive-Day Test Review PlanCreating Review Cards to Prepare for a TestCreating Test Review SheetsCreating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
ESSENTIAL SKILLS REVIEW TESTS 1-10Appendix 1 Glossary of Key Reading and Study Skills TermsAppendix 2 A List of Word Parts: Prefixes, Roots, and SuffixesAppendix 3: Master Vocabulary List
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