The Wadsworth Guide to Reading Textbooks

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• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 290
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Wadsworth Guide to Reading Textbooks highlights key skills and strategies required to successfully read college-level materials. Part One describes key elements that often appear in textbooks, such as definitions, visual aids, and charts. Part Two examines how to deal with distractions, manage time, take notes, and read critically. In Part Three, students apply what they have learned to 5 short selections from various college disciplines. Part Four features four full-length textbook chapters from actual business, physical sciences, history and sociology texts.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Part 1: Features of College Textbooks
Learning Goals or Chapter Objectives
Key Terms and Definitions
Chapter Outlines
Organization and Headings
Visual Aids
Chapter Summaries
Review Questions, Discussion Questions, and Exercises
Study Guides
Part 2: Strategies for Reading College Textbooks
Your Physical Reading Environment
Dealing with Distractions
Time Management
The Reading Process
More Active Reading Techniques
"Speed" Reading and Efficient Reading
Critical Reading
Language and Learning
Part 3: Using Textbook Features and the Reading Strategies: Practice Exercises
Exercise 26: Management: "Diversity"
Exercise 27: Psychology: "Stress and Stressors"
Exercise 28: Communication: "Kinesics: Body Communication"
Exercise 29: Chemistry: "The Scientific Method"
Exercise 30: Humanities: "Impressionism"
Part 4: College Textbook Chapters with Exercises
Business: "Exploring the World of Business"
An Introduction to Physical Science: "Atmospheric Effects"
A People and a Nation (American History): "Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1861-1865"
Seeing Sociology: "Families"
Answer Key
Credits