Executive Learning

List of contents

I. INTRODUCTORY STAGE.
 1. Getting to Know Yourself.
 2. Getting to Know Your Textbooks.
 3. Getting to Know Your Instructors and Tasks.
II. EMPOWERMENT STAGE.
 4. Taking Notes from College Lectures.
 5. Identifying and Learning New Words.
 6. Comprehending Textual Material.
 7. Extracting Key Information from Text.
 8. Recording Key Information from Text.
 9. Preparing for and Taking College-Level Tests.
10. Becoming a Critical Reader.
III. REFINEMENT STAGE.
11. Sample Chapter - Psychology: Stress and Adjustment.
12. Sample Chapter - Biology: The Body's Defense Mechanisms.
13. Sample Chapter - History: The Politics of Righteousness.
14. Sample Chapter - Music: Musical Instruments.
Index.

Summary

A combination reading/study skills book in which readers are: shown how to develop a plan for completion of reading assignments; given practice in study strategies for reading comprehension; and provided with full-length chapters that allow them to put the strategies they have learned into action.

Product details

• Authors: Shawn A. Post, Jeanne S. Schumm, Jeanne Shay Schumm
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9780131848962
• ISBN: 978-0-13-184896-2
• No. of pages: 394
• Weight: 680 g
• Series: Allyn & Bacon; Allyn & Bacon
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics