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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Shifting Gears: Ways Of Adapting To University | |
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| Survival Skills | |
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| Changing Schools: Fundamental Academic Skills | |
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| Study Habits | |
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| Time Scheduling | |
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| Reading and Comprehending Assigned Texts | |
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| Critical Listening in Lectures | |
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| Different Note-Taking Methods | |
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| Changing Expectations | |
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| Improving Your Memory and Learning Abilities | |
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| Expectations about University Customs and Policy | |
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| Inclusive and Appropriate Language | |
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| The Dangers of Plagiarism | |
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| Computers and Critical Thinking | |
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| Learning Styles | |
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| Different Classroom Formats, the E-wired Classroom, and Distance Learning. | |
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| Critical Thinking And Reading | |
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| Implementing a Critical Attitude | |
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| Critical Attitude: From Negative Complaint to Academic Frame of Mind | |
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| From Fact and Opinion to Arguments Based on a Critical Attitude | |
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| Analyzing the Objectives of Your Assignment | |
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| Considering Your Audience | |
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| Critical Attitudes in Electronic Learning Environments | |
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| Developing Critical Reading Strategies | |
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| What is Critical Reading? | |
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| How Did You Learn to Read? The Controversy about Teaching Reading Skills | |
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| Practical Reading Strategies | |
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| Power Reading | |
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| Reading Problems, Disabilities, and Remedies | |
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| Levels of Reading: More Advanced Reading Strategies | |
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| Specialized Strategies for Critical Reading in Particular Disciplines: Reading Multi-media | |
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| Building a Critical Vocabulary | |
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| Extending Your Vocabulary | |
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| Denotation and Connotation | |
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| Dictionaries and What They Tell You | |
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| Kinds of Dictionaries | |
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| Etymology or the Origins of Words | |
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| Arguing and Assessing a Position | |
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| The Groundwork for Establishing a Logical Position | |
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| Two Fundamental Methods of Arguing a Position | |
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| The Role of Logic | |
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| Inductive Reasoning | |
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| Deductive Reasoning | |
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| Fallacies or Errors in the Logic of Arguments. | |
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| Researching On The Net And In The Library | |
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| Researching Electronic Sources | |
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| The Research Stage | |
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| New Resources and New Methods | |
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| Researching on the Web | |
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| Information on the Internet | |
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| Web Browsers | |
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| Search Engines | |
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| Evaluating What You Read: Critical Thinking and the Internet | |
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| Downloading Information from the Internet | |
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| Decoding and Unscrambling Files You Download | |
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| Internet Access to Libraries | |
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| Online Reference Tools and Books | |
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| Researching Print Sources | |
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| Research Methods and Library Classification Systems | |
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| Book Classification Systems | |
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| Your Library and Its General Reference Materials | |
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| Searching the Library Catalogues | |
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| Two Sample Catalogue Searches in Hard-to-Find Areas | |
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| Searching for Research Materials in Newspapers, Periodicals, and Journals | |
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| Hints and Further Refinements | |
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| Recording Your Sources | |
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| References and Documentation: Acknowledging Your Sources | |
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| Plagiarism | |
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| Documentation Styles: Acknowledging Your Sources | |
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| Humanities Format: MLA Style | |
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| Social Sciences Format: APA Style | |
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| Footnotes and Endnotes | |
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| An Annotated Bibliography. | |
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| The Essay From First Draft To Final Copy To Getting It Back | |
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| The Planning and Pre-writing Stage | |
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| Different Expectations and Different Essays | |
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| From the Readings and Research Data to the Organization of the Essay | |
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| Organizing Your Reading Notes on Your Word Processor | |
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| Methods of Organizing an Essay | |
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| Thesis Statement | |
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| Outline or Essay Plan | |
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| Submitting Drafts or Outlines for Comment | |
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| The Writing Stage | |
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| Writing the Essay | |
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| Building Paragraphs and Argument | |
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| Using Quotations | |
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| Revising: Content and Argument | |
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| Persuasion | |
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| Avoiding Commonly Misused Words and Phrases | |
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| Using the Spell Checker, Thesaurus, and Grammar Checker | |
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| Self-Evaluating Your Essay | |
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| Recognizing How Grammar and Punctuation Work | |
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| Grammar and Standard Written English | |
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| Words, Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences | |
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| Punctuation | |
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| Common Errors and What to do about Them | |
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| Preparing the Final Copy and Learning from Marked Assignments | |
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| Steps to the Submission of the Final Copy | |
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| Getting the Essay Back. | |
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| Examinations | |
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| Preparing for and Writing Tests and Examinations | |
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| Recognizing the Opportunity to Perform | |
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| Organizing Your Time, Resources, and Methods | |
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| Making Summaries of the Course: From the Syllabus to the Test or Exam | |
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| Strategies for Dealing with Problems | |
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| Studying Alone, with a Friend, or in a Study Group | |
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| Cramming to Good Effect | |
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| Learning from the Mid-Term Test | |
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| Studying for Different Kinds of Exams | |
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| Writing Tests and Exams | |
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| If You Miss the Exam. | |
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| Works Cited | |
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| Index. | |