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(Note: Each chapter concludes with Cooperative Learning Activities and Reading Selection.)Skills for Success | |
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Time Management | |
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A Tale of Three Students | |
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Getting Organized | |
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Managing Stress | |
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Concentration and Memory | |
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Concentration Through Control of External Distractions | |
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Concentration Through Control of Internal Distractions | |
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Memory | |
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Types of Memory | |
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Guidelines for Remembering | |
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Mnemonic Techniques | |
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Learning Styles | |
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Learning Style Inventory | |
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Learning Style | |
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Learning Styles as Related to Professors' Teaching Styles | |
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Importance of Flexibility | |
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Additional Factors Related to Learning Styles | |
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Critical Reading and Thinking | |
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Purposes for Writing | |
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Factors to Help Determine Author's Purpose | |
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Types of Evidence | |
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Deterrents to Critical Thinking | |
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Errors in Logical Reasoning | |
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Mastery of College Textbooks | |
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Main Ideas | |
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How Topics and Main Ideas Differ | |
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How to Locate Main Ideas | |
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Supporting Details | |
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Locating the Main Ideas in Longer Passages | |
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Graphic Illustrations in Textbooks | |
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Purposes of Graphic Illustrations | |
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Six Guidelines for Reading Graphics | |
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Types of Graphics | |
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Organizational Patterns in Textbook Writing | |
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Simple Listing | |
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Order Sequence | |
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Comparison and Contrast | |
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Cause and Effect | |
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Problem and Solution | |
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Classification | |
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Definition | |
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Example | |
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Mixed Patterns | |
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Vocabulary Acquisition Strategies | |
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Context Clues | |
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Structural Analysis and Derivatives | |
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Etymology | |
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Specific Vocabulary-Building Strategies | |
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Using the Dictionary | |
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Study Methods for Textbooks | |
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Strategies for Processing Textbooks | |
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Specific Study Methods | |
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Using Prior Knowledge to Aid Study | |
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Building Prerequisite Skills | |
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Classroom Performance | |
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Notetaking, Annotating, and Underlining | |
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Notetaking | |
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Underlining | |
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Annotating | |
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Combined Use of Cornell Notes, Underlining, and Annotation | |
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Writing in College Courses | |
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College Writing Demands | |
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Types of Writing in College Classes | |
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Stages of the Writing Process | |
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Tips on Outlining | |
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Resources to Help the Student Writer | |
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Checklists | |
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Test Taking Skills | |
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Assessing the Real Problem | |
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Test Preparation | |
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Taking Tests | |
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Multiple-Choice Tests | |
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True-False Tests | |
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Matching Tests | |
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Short-Answer Tests | |
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Problem-Solving Tests | |
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Essay Tests | |
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Open-Book Tests | |
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Take-Home Tests | |
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Assessing Performance After Taking a Test | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |