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| To the Instructor | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Motivational Skills | |
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| Your Attitude: The Heart of the Matter | |
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| Setting Goals for Yourself | |
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| Learning Survival Strategies | |
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| Study Skills | |
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| Taking Classroom Notes | |
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| Time Control and Concentration | |
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| The PRWR Study Method | |
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| Using PRWR | |
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| Applying PRWR to a Textbook Chapter | |
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| Building a Powerful Memory | |
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| Taking Objective Exams | |
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| Taking Essay Exams | |
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| Using Research Skills | |
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| A Brief Guide to Important Word Skills | |
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| Using the Dictionary | |
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| Understanding Word Parts | |
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| Vocabulary Development | |
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| Reading Comprehension Skills | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Ten Key Skills | |
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| Comprehension and Rapid Reading | |
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| Recognizing Definitions and Examples | |
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| Recognizing Enumerations | |
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| Recognizing Headings and Subheadings | |
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| Recognizing Signal Words | |
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| Recognizing Main Ideas in Paragraphs and Short Selections | |
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| Knowing How to Outline | |
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| Knowing How to Summarize | |
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| Understanding Graphs and Tables | |
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| Making Inferences | |
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| Thinking Critically | |
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| Skim Reading and Comprehension | |
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| Introduction | |
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| How to Skim-Read | |
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| Visual Assertion | |
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| Science and the Search for Truth | |
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| The Nature of Power | |
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| Defense Mechanisms | |
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| Fatigue | |
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| Skim-Reading Progress Chart | |
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| Questions on the Skim-Reading Selections | |
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| Rapid Reading and Comprehension | |
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| Introduction | |
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| From The Autobiography of Malcolm X | |
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| Learning to Keep Your Cool during Tests | |
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| Wired for Touch | |
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| The Scholarship Jacket | |
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| Dare to Think Big | |
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| Winning the Job Interview Game | |
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| A Door Swings Open | |
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| From Nonreading to Reading | |
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| The Certainty of Fear | |
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| What You Need to Know to Succeed at Math | |
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| Rapid Reading Progress Chart | |
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| Reading Rate Table | |
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| Mastery Tests | |
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| Motivational Skills | |
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| Taking Classroom Notes | |
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| Time Control and Concentration | |
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| Building a Powerful Memory | |
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| Taking Objective Exams | |
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| Taking Essay Exams | |
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| Taking Objective and Essay Exams | |
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| Using Research Skills | |
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| Using the Dictionary | |
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| Understanding Word Parts | |
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| Vocabulary Development | |
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| Definitions and Examples | |
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| Enumerations | |
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| Headings and Subheadings | |
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| Signal Words | |
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| Main Idea | |
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| Outlining | |
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| Summarizing | |
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| Understanding Graphs and Tables | |
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| Making Inferences | |
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| Thinking Critically | |
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| Skim Reading | |
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| Rapid Reading Passage | |
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| Additional Learning Skills | |
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| Studying Mathematics and Science | |
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| Reading Literature and Making Inferences | |
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| Reading for Pleasure: A List of Interesting Books | |
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| Writing Effectively | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |