Reading and study skills /
John Langan.
- 10th ed.
- New York : McGraw-Hill, �2013.
- xv, 640 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- The Langan series .
- Langan, John, 1942- Langan series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Motivational Skills -- Your Attitude: The Heart of the Matter -- Setting Goals for Yourself -- Learning Survival Strategies -- Study Skills -- Taking Classroom Notes -- Time Control and Concentration -- The PRWR Study Method -- Using PRWR -- Applying PRWR to a Textbook Chapter -- Building a Powerful Memory -- Taking Objective Exams -- Taking Essay Exams -- Using Research Skills -- A Brief Guide to Important Word Skills -- Using the Dictionary -- Understanding Word Parts -- Vocabulary Development -- Reading Comprehension Skills -- Ten Key Skills -- Comprehension and Rapid Reading -- Recognizing Definitions and Examples -- Recognizing Enumerations -- Recognizing Headings and Subheadings -- Recognizing Signal Words -- Recognizing Main Ideas in Paragraphs and Short Selections -- Knowing How to Outline -- Knowing How to Summarize -- Understanding Graphs and Tables -- Making Inferences -- Thinking Critically -- Skim Reading and Comprehension -- How to Skim-Read -- Visual Assertion -- Science and the Search for Truth -- The Nature of Power -- Defense Mechanisms -- Fatigue -- Skim-Reading Progress Chart -- Questions on the Skim-Reading Selections -- Rapid Reading and Comprehension -- From The Autobiography of Malcolm X -- Learning to Keep Your Cool during Tests -- Wired for Touch -- The Scholarship Jacket -- Dare to Think Big -- Winning the Job Interview Game -- A Door Swings Open -- From Nonreading to Reading -- The Certainty of Fear -- What You Need to Know to Succeed at Math -- Rapid Reading Progress Chart -- Reading Rate Table -- Mastery Tests -- Motivational Skills -- Taking Classroom Notes -- Time Control and Concentration -- Building a Powerful Memory -- Taking Objective Exams -- Taking Essay Exams -- Taking Objective and Essay Exams -- Using Research Skills -- Using the Dictionary -- Understanding Word Parts -- Vocabulary Development -- Definitions and Examples -- Enumerations -- Headings and Subheadings -- Signal Words -- Main Idea -- Outlining -- Summarizing -- Understanding Graphs and Tables -- Making Inferences -- Thinking Critically -- Skim Reading -- Rapid Reading Passage -- Additional Learning Skills -- Studying Mathematics and Science -- Reading Literature and Making Inferences -- Reading for Pleasure: a List of Interesting Books -- Writing Effectively. Textbook Study I. Textbook Study II. Textbook Study III. Textbook Study I. -- Textbook Study II. -- Textbook Study III. --
By focusing on a wide range of reading and study skills required in the academic world, Reading and Study Skills gives instructors the flexibility to address student needs that might otherwise require several texts.
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