Part One: Motivational Skills Preview Your Attitude: The Heart of the Matter Setting Goals for Yourself Learning Survival Strategies Part Two: Study Skills Preview Taking Classroom Notes Time Control and Concentration Textbook Study I: The PRWR Study Method Textbook Study II: Using PRWR Textbook Study III: Applying PRWR to a Textbook Chapter Building a Powerful Memory Taking Objective Exams Taking Essay Exams Using Research Skills Part Three: A Brief Guide to Important Word Skills Preview Using the Dictionary Understanding Word Parts Vocabulary Development Part Four: Reading Comprehension Skills Preview Introduction Ten Key Skills Comprehension and Rapid Reading Skill 1: Recognizing Definitions and Examples Skill 2: Recognizing Enumerations Skill 3: Recognizing Headings and Subheadings Skill 4: Recognizing Signal Words Skill 5: Recognizing Main Ideas in Paragraphsand Short Selections Skill 6: Knowing How to Outline Skill 7: Knowing How to Summarize Skill 8: Understanding Graphs and Tables Skill 9: Making Inferences Skill 10: Thinking Critically Part Five: Skim Reading and Comprehension Preview Introduction How to Skim-Read Selection 1: Visual Assertion Selection 2: Science and the Search for Truth Selection 3: The Nature of Power Selection 4: Defense Mechanisms Selection 5: Fatigue Skim-Reading Progress Chart Questions on the Skim-Reading Selections Part Six: Rapid Reading and Comprehension Preview Introduction Selection 1: From The Autobiography of Malcolm X Selection 2: Learning to Keep Your Cool during Tests Selection 3: Wired for Touch Selection 4: The Scholarship Jacket Selection 5: Dare to Think Big Selection 6: Winning the Job Interview Game Selection 7: A Door Swings Open Selection 8: From Nonreading to Reading Selection 9: The Certainty of Fear Selection 10: What You Need to Know to Succeed at Math Rapid Reading Progress Chart Reading Rate Table Part Seven: Mastery Tests Preview Motivational Skills Taking Classroom Notes Time Control and Concentration Textbook Study I Textbook Study II Textbook Study III 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 Part Eight: Additional Learning Skills Preview Studying Mathematics and Science Reading Literature and Making Inferences Reading for Pleasure: A List of Interesting Books Writing Effectively Acknowledgments ***Index ***