New Worlds: An Introduction to College Reading w/ Connect Reading 3.0 Access Card

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To the Instructor

To the Student

PART ONE: A NEW WORLD OF LEARNING: READING AND STUDYING IN COLLEGE

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO READING AND STUDYING: BEING SUCCESSFUL IN COLLEGE

NEW INFORMATION AND SKILLS

What do you need to know about the reading and studying process?

What are the keys to studying college textbooks?

What is comprehension monitoring and why is it important?

How can you be selective as you read and study?

How can you organize as you read and study?

How can you rehearse information to remember it?

What is the SQ3R study system?

How can you adjust your reading rates when you study?

How can you improve your reading speed?

What do you need to do to be successful in college?

Why is it important to set goals?

What are learning preferences?

Chapter Review Cards

How can you find information online?

READINGS

Selection 1-1: "A Mother's Answer" from The Big Picture: Getting Perspective on What's Really Important" by Ben Carson and Gregg Lewis (Nonfiction)

*Selection 1-2: "Fire Up Your Memory with Proven Strategies!" from Peak Performance: Success in College and Beyond" by Sharon Ferrett(Student Success)

*Selection 1-3: "The When and How of Preparing for Tests" from P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life by Robert S. Feldman(Study Skills)

CHAPTER 2: DEVELOPING A COLLEGE-LEVEL VOCABULARY: A NEW WORLD OF WORDS

NEW INFORMATION AND SKILLS

Why is it important to develop a college-level vocabulary?

What are context clues and how do you use them?

What are word-structure clues and how do you use them?

How do you use a dictionary pronunciation key?

What is figurative language and how do you interpret figures of speech?

Other things to keep in mind when developing your college-level vocabulary.

The most common and helpful roots, prefixes, and suffixes in English come from Latin and ancient Greek.

A word’s etymology (origin and history) indicates the word parts it was created from, including Latin or

Certain punctuation marks in a sentence can signal a definition.

Chapter Review Cards

Test Your Understanding: Using Context Clues, Part 1

Test Your Understanding: Using Context Clues, Part 2

Test Your Understanding: Using Word-Structure Clues, Part 1

Test Your Understanding: Using Word-Structure Clues, Part 2

Test Your Understanding: Interpreting Figurative Language, Part 1

Test Your Understanding: Interpreting Figurative Language, Part 2

READINGS

*Selection 2-1: "Overwhelming Obstacles" from Peak Performance: Success in College and Beyond by Sharon Ferrett (Student Suscess>

*Selection 2-2: "Autism: A Public Health Emergency" from selected Internet Sources (Public Health)

*Selection 2-3: "Thinking in Pictures: Autism and Visual Thought" from Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin

PART TWO: A NEW WORLD OF UNDERSTANDING: USING CORE COMPREHENSION SKILLS WHEN YOU READ COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS

CHAPTER 3: DETERMINING THE TOPIC

What is the topic of a paragraph, and why is it important?

What are the clues for determining the topic of a paragraph?

Clue 1: Look for a Heading or Title That Indicates the Topic

Clue 2: Look for a Word, Name, or Phrase in the Paragraph That Appears in Special Print

Clue 3: Look for a Word, Name, or Phrase That Is Repeated throughout the Paragraph

Clue 4: Look for a Word, Name, or Phrase Referred to throughout the Paragraph by Pronouns or Other Words

Other things to keep in mind when determining the topic

You should use a name, word, or phrase, but never a sentence, to express the topic. This means you must know the difference between a phrase and a sentence.

You must know the difference between “general” and specific.”

A longer passage has an overall topic.

Checkpoint: Determining the Topic

Chapter Review Cards

Test Your Understanding, Determining the Topic, Part One

Test Your Understanding: Determining the Topic, Part Two

*Selection 9-1: "Taboos and Myths about Conflict and Anger" from Marriages and Families: Intimacy, Diversity, and Strengths by George Johnson (Marriage and Family)

Selection 9-2: "Planet Under Stress: Curbing Population Growth" from The Living World: Basic Concepts by George Johnson (Biology)

*Selection 9-3: "For Better or Worse: Divorce" from Human Development by Diane Papalia, Sally Olds, and Ruth Feldman (Human Development)

PART FOUR: A NEW WORLD OF STUDYING: EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT STUDY TECHNIQUES

CHAPTER 10: APPROACHING COLLEGE READING AND STUDYING

NEW INFORMATION AND SKILLS

What is the three-step process for studying college textbooks?

Step 1: Prepare to Read

Step 2: Ask and Answer Questions to Guide Your Reading

Step 3: Review by Rehearsing Your Answers

What are textbook features?

Chapter Introductions and Chapter Objectives

Chapter Outlines

Vocabulary Aids and Glossaries

Boxes

Chapter Summaries

Study Questions and Activities

Other Textbook features

How can you interpret visuals and graphic aids?

How can you interpret visual aids?

Photographs

Diagrams

Maps

Cartoons

How can you interpret graphic aids?

Line graphs

Pie charts

Bar graphs

Flowcharts

Tables

Other things to keep in mind when studying textbook material.

You will benefit from examining the features in all of your textbooks at the beginning of the semester.

Chapter Review Cards

Test Your Understanding: Interpreting Graphic Aids

READING

Selection 10-1: "Living with Stress" from P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life by Robert Feldman (Student Success)

CHAPTER 11: PREPARING FOR TESTS: STUDY-READING, REHEARSAL, AND MEMORY

NEW INFORMATION AND SKILLS

How are rehearsal and memory related?

How can you underline, highlight, and annotate your textbooks?

How can you take notes from textbooks?

Guidelines for Outlining

Guidelines for Mapping

Guidelines for Summarizing

Guidelines for following directions

Other things to keep in mind as you prepare for tests by applying

Core Comprehension Skills

When you study, choose the study techniques (underlining, highlighting, annotating, outlining, mapping, summarizing, making review cards or test review sheets) that (a) are appropriate to the type of material you are studying, (b) correspond with how you will e tested on the material, and (c) best suit your learning style.

Learn how to handle outline, summary, and mapped notes questions on standardized reading tests.

Chapter Review Cards

READING

Selection 11-1: "Information Technology, The Internet, and You" from Computing Essentials by Timothy O'Leary and Linda O'Leary (Information Technology)

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REVIEW TESTS

Introduction to Essential Skills Review Tests

Essential Skills Review Test 1

Essential Skills Review Test 2

Essential Skills Review Test 3

Essential Skills Review Test 4

Essential Skills Review Test 5

Essential Skills Review Test 6

Essential Skills Review Test 7

Essential Skills Review Test 8

Essential Skills Review Test 9

Essential Skills Review Test 10

Appendix 1 Glossary of Key Terms

Appendix 2 Master Vocabulary List

INDEX

Instructor's Guide

CONNECT READING provides a personalized learning plan for each student, continually developed and refined as students achieve mastery.  Each student plan is created through an individualized diagnostic that evaluates skills from 7th-grade level through college-readiness, for second-language learners, international students, adult students, and traditional high-schoolers.  Offered completely online, CONNECT READING can be used in conjunction with NEW WORLDS or OPENING DOORS, which provide a printed experience that teaches critical reading skills through close reading of anthologized chapters from best-selling undergraduate texts in Psychology, Sociology, Business, and more.