Guide to College Reading

Guide to College Reading was written to equip students with the skills they need to handle the diverse reading demands of college courses and guide them in becoming active learners and critical thinkers. Designed for use in the first level reading course, Guide to College Reading focuses on the key areas of reading comprehension, vocabulary improvement, and textbook reading while addressing the learning characteristics, attitudes, and motivational levels of reading students.

List of contents

Preface
PART I Success in College Reading
Chapter 1 Reading and Learning: Getting Started
   Understand What Is Expected in College
   Build Your Concentration
   Analyze Your Learning Style
   Improve Your Comprehension
   Read and Think Visually
   Use Writing to Learn
   Learn from and with Other Students
   Self-Test Summary
   Mastery Test 1: READING SELECTION: “The Allure of Disaster,” Eric G. Wilson
 
Chapter 2 The Basics of College Textbook Reading
   Textbooks as Learning Tools
   Preview
   Develop Questions to Guide Your Reading
   Read for Meaning
   Test Your Recall as You Read
   Review After You Read
   Building a System: SQ3R
   Self-Test Summary
   Mastery Test 1: Working with Textbook Features
   Mastery Test 2: Thinking Skills
   Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Looking for Love,” Jenifer Kunz
 
PART II Vocabulary: The Key to Meaning
Chapter 3 Using Context Clues
   What Is Context?
   Types of Context Clues
   The Limitations of Context Clues
   Self-Test Summary
   Mastery Test 1: Vocabulary Skills
   Mastery Test 2: Vocabulary Skills
Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Compulsive or Pathological Gambling,” Rebecca J. Donatelle
 
Chapter 4 Using Word Parts and Learning New Words
   Learn Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
   Learn New Words
   Select and Use a Dictionary
   Pronounce Unfamiliar Words
   A System for Learning New Words
   Self-Test Summary
   Mastery Test 1: Vocabulary Skills
   Mastery Test 2: Dictionary Skills
   Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “The ‘McDonaldization’ of Society,” John J. Macionis
 
PART III Comprehension and Learning Skills
Chapter 5 Understanding Paragraphs: Topics and Main Ideas
   General and Specific Ideas
   Identify the Topic
   Find the Stated Main Idea
   Identify Topic Sentences
   Implied Main Ideas
   Self-Test Summary
   Mastery Test 1: Paragraph Skills
   Mastery Test 2: Paragraph Skills
   Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “War Torn,” Joshua Kors
 
Chapter 6 Understanding Paragraphs: Supporting Details and Transitions
   Recognize Supporting Details
   Types of Supporting Details
   Transitions
   Paraphrase Paragraphs
   Self-Test Summary
   Mastery Test 1: Paragraph Skills
   Mastery Test 2: Paragraph Skills
   Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Let There Be Dark,” Paul Bogard
 
Chapter 7 Following the Author’s Thought Patterns
   Six Common Thought Patterns
   Other Useful Patterns of Organization
   Self-Test Summary
   Mastery Test 1: Identifying Patterns
   Mastery Test 2: Identifying Patterns
   Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Right Place, Wrong Face,” Alton Fitzgerald White
 
PART IV Textbook Reading Skills
Chapter 8 Reading Visuals and Electronic Sources
   Read and Analyze Photographs
   Read and Interpret Graphics
   Types of Graphics
   Evaluate Internet Sources
   Self-Test Summary
   Mastery Test 1: Graphic Skills
   Mastery Test 2: Graphic Skills
Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Who Needs Marriage?” Mary Ann Schwartz and BarBara Marliene Scott
 
Chapter 9 Organizing and Remembering Information
   Highlighting and Marking
   Outlining
   Mapping
   Summarizing
   Immediate and Periodic Review
   Self-Test Summary
   Mastery Test 1: Mapping and Summarizing Skills
   Mastery Test 2: Outlining Skills
Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Are You Sleep Deprived?” Saundra K. Ciccarelli and J. Noland White
 
PART V Critical Reading Skills
Chapter 10 Interpreting the Writer’s Message and Purpose
   Connotative Meanings
   Implied Meanings
   Figurative Language
   Understand the Author’s Purpose
   Tone
   Language
   Self-Test Summary
   Mastery Test 1: Interpretive Skills
   Mastery Test 2: Interpretive Skills
   Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Starbucks’ Global Expansion,” Warren J. Keegan and Mark C. Green
 
Chapter 11 Evaluating: Asking Critical Questions
   What Is the Source of the Material?
   What Is the Authority of the Author?
   Does the Writer Make Assumptions?
   Is the Author Biased?
   Is the Writing Slanted?
   How Does the Writer Support His or Her Ideas?
   Is It Fact or Opinion?
   Does the Writer Make Value Judgments?
   Self-Test Summary
   Mastery Test 1: Critical Reading Skills
   Mastery Test 2: Critical Reading Skills
Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Reality Check: Reality TV Does Not Make You Feel Better,” Rosie Molinary
 
PART VI A Fiction Minireader
   Reading and Interpreting Short Stories
   The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin
   The Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe
   Little Brother^TM, Bruce Holland Rogers
   Reading and Interpreting Novels
   Prologue from Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
 
PART VII A Contemporary Issues Minireader
   Reading About Controversial Issues
Issue 1: Football Violence
   Is Football Wrong? Will Leitche
Issue 2: Discrimination Against Women
   Discrimination: Women Are Subject to Violence and Discrimination by Both the State and Society, Nadia Shahram
Issue 3: Texting between Students and Teachers
   Teachers Texting Students: Should Schools Ban or Encourage? Katherine Bindley
Issue 4: Cell Phones and Driving Safety
   Driving While on Cell Phone Worse than Driving While Drunk, Steven Reinberg, HealthDay
Issue 5: Pro and Con: Gun Ownership
   Pro: Why I Own Guns, Sam Harris
   Con: More Guns, More Mass Shootings—Coincidence? Mark Follman Issue 6: Pro and Con: Reviving Extinct Species
   Pro: The Case for Reviving Extinct Species, Stewart Brand    Con: The Case Against Species Revival, Stuart Pimm  
Credits
Index

Summary

Guide to College Reading is an "introductory" level text that was written to equip students with the skills they need to handle the diverse reading demands of college courses and guide them in becoming active learners and critical thinkers.

 
Designed for use in the first level reading course, Guide to College Reading focuses on the key areas of reading comprehension, vocabulary improvement, and textbook reading while also addressing the learning characteristics, attitudes, and motivational levels of reading students.

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen T. McWhorter
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9780321921451
• ISBN: 978-0-321-92145-1
• No. of pages: 544
• Weight: 750 g
• Series: Longman; Longman
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology