Comprehending college textbooks : steps to understanding and remembering what you read
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Comprehending college textbooks : steps to understanding and remembering what you read
McGraw-Hill, c1992
2nd ed
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Includes index
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Description
Created for developmental reading and study skills courses, this book focuses on reading comprehension, utilizing a theoretical framework that encourages interaction and thinking. The text systematically reinforces concepts, skills, and strategies through practice and pedagogically effective repetition. Passages of varying lengths and difficulty are excerpted from text books, spanning content from across the disciplines. An instructor's manual is available.
Table of Contents
- Determining the subject matter
- locating directly stated main ideas
- formulating implied main ideas
- identifying supporting ideas
- recognizing authors' writing patterns
- thinking critically as you read
- applying comprehension skills to longer passages
- remembering college textbook material through organizing.
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