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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
*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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
*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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
*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
*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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Appendix 1 Glossary of Key Terms
Appendix 2 Master Vocabulary List
INDEX
Instructor's Guide
INDEX
Instructor's Guide
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