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PART ONE: ORIENTATION: Preparing and Organizing Yourself for Success in College
Chapter 1: Making Yourself Successful in College
Skills:Doing What Successful Students Do
Setting Your GoalsMotivating Yourself
Managing Your TimeUnderstanding Learning Styles
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardReadings:
Selection 1-1: 'Why Go to College?' from P.O.W.E.R. LEARNING: Strategies for Success in College and Life by Robert S. Feldman (Study skills)
Selection 1-2: 'Hero on Parade' from The Big Picture by Ben Carson with Gregg Lewis (Nonfiction)Selection 1-3: 'Saved,' from The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley (Autobiography)
Chapter 2: Approaching College Reading and Developing a College-Level Vocabulary
Skills:Understanding the Reading Process
Improving Your ReadingDeveloping a College-Level Vocabulary
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardsReadings:
Selection 2-1: 'The World Wide Web' by Robert Harris (Information Technology)
Selection 2-2: 'The Yellow Ribbon' by Pete Hamill (Literature)Selection 2-3: 'A Whale of a Survival Problem' by John Postlethwait and Janet Hopson (Biology)
Chapter 3: Approaching College Assignments: Reading Textbooks and Following Directions
Skills:College Textbooks: A Process for Reading and Studying Effectively
Following Directions in Textbooks and on TestsCreating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Readings:
Selection 3-1: 'How to Find the Time to Read' by Louis Shores (Essay)
Selection 3-2: 'Parenthood' by Diane E. Papalia and Sally Wendkos Olds (Human development)Selection 3-3: 'Art in the Service of Religion' by Rita Gilbert (Art appreciation)
PART TWO: COMPREHENSION: Understanding College Textbooks by Reading for Ideas
Chapter 4: Determining the Topic and the Stated Main Idea
Skills:The Topic of a Paragraph
The Stated Main Idea of a ParagraphA Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Topics and Stated Main Ideas
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardsReadings:
Selection 4-1: 'The New Workforce' by Michelle Conlin (Magazine article)
Selection 4-2: 'Latinos' by Richard J. Gelles and Ann Levine (Sociology)Selection 4-3: 'Muhammad' by Michael Hart (History)
Chapter 5: Formulating Implied Main Ideas
Skills:Implied Main Ideas in Paragraphs
Formulating an Implied Main IdeaA Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Implied Main Ideas
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardsReadings:
Selection 5-1: 'Laugh Your Stress Away' by Stephen Lally (Magazine article)
Selection 5-2: 'The Changing Roles of Men and Women' by Merrill McLoughlin and other (Sociology)Selection 5-3: 'Demography?' by Richard J. Gelles and Ann Levine (Sociology)
Chapter 6: Identifying Supporting Details
Skills:Supporting Details in Paragraphs
Identifying and Listing Supporting DetailsMajor and Minor Details and How to Tell the Difference
A Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Supporting DetailsCreating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Readings:
Selection 6-1: 'Benjamin Franklin' by Mary L. Sherk (Newspaper article)
Selection 6-2: 'Communication Close-Up at Ben and Jerry's Homemade' by Courtland Bovée and John Thill (Business)Selection 6-3: From A Beginner's Guide to the World Economy by Randy Charles Epping (Economics)
Chapter 7: Recognizing Authors' Writing Patterns
Skills:Patterns of Writing
Recognizing Author's Writing PatternsA Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Writing Patterns
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards:Readings:
Selection 7-1: 'Career Choice' by Jack R. Kapoor, et al. (Personal Finance)
Selection 7-2: 'The Decision to Marry' by Marvin Levy, Mark Dignan, and Janet Shirreffs (Health)Selection 7-3: 'Reactions to Impending Death' by Dennis Coon (Psychology)
Chapter 8: Reading Critically
Skills:What Is Critical Reading?
Critical Reading SkillsA Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Critical Reading
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardsReadings:
Selection 8-1: 'The Time Message' by Elwood Chapman (Study Skills)
Selection 8-2: From Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years by Sarah and Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth (Memoir)Selection 8-3: From Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Fiction)
Chapter 9: Thinking Critically
Skills:What Is Critical Thinking and Why is it Important?
Critical Thinking SkillsA Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Critical Thinking
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review CardsReadings:
Selection 9-1: "Sport Utility Vehicles: How Do I Hate Thee? Let Me Count the Ways" by Geneva Overholser (Newspaper article)
Selection 9-2: 'Why Vote? Politicians Are All the Same" by Janet Flammang, et al. (Government)Selection 9-3: 'Take Out the Trash and Put It'Where?" by Bernard Gavzer (Magazine article)
PART THREE: SYSTEMS FOR STUDYING TEXTBOOKS: Developing a System that Works for You
Chapter 10: Selecting and Organizing Textbook Information
Skills:Studying Better Rather Than Harder
Three Keys to Studying College TextbooksUsing Textbook Features
Marking Textbooks: Underlining, Highlighting, and AnnotatingTaking Notes from Textbooks: Outlining, Mapping, and Summarizing
Interpreting Graphic MaterialCreating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Reading:
Selection 10-1: 'Intercultural Communication' by Stewart Tubbs and Sylvia Moss (Speech communicaitons)
Chapter 11: Rehearsing Textbook Information and Preparing for Tests
Skills:Rehearsal and Memory
Studying for TestsCreating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Reading:
Selection 11-1: 'Communication,' by James Wiggins,
Beverly Wiggins, and James Vander Zanden (Psychology)Appendix 1: An Introduction To Using Computers, the Internet and the World Wide Web
Appendix 2: Glossary of Key TermsAppendix 3: A List of Word Parts
Appendix 4: World Map