Reading and Study Skills (Int'l Ed)

<h1>Part One: Motivational Skills •••Preview •••<h3>Your Attitude: The Heart of the Matter •••<h3>Setting Goals for Yourself •••<h3>Learning Survival Strategies •••<h1>Part Two: Study Skills •••Preview •••<h3>Taking Classroom Notes •••<h3>Time Control and Concentration •••<h3>Textbook Study I: The PRWR Study Method •••<h3>Textbook Study II: Using PRWR •••<h3>Textbook Study III: Applying PRWR to a Textbook Chapter •••<h3>Building a Powerful Memory •••<h3>Taking Objective Exams •••<h3>Taking Essay Exams •••<h3>Using Research Skills •••<h1>Part Three: A Brief Guide to Important Word Skills •••Preview •••<h3>Using the Dictionary •••<h3>Understanding Word Parts •••<h3>Vocabulary Development •••<h1>Part Four: Reading Comprehension Skills •••Preview •••<h3>Introduction •••<h3>Ten Key Skills •••<h3>Comprehension and Rapid Reading •••<h3>Skill 1: Recognizing Definitions and Examples •••<h3>Skill 2: Recognizing Enumerations •••<h3>Skill 3: Recognizing Headings and Subheadings •••<h3>Skill 4: Recognizing Signal Words •••<h3>Skill 5: Recognizing Main Ideas in Paragraphsand Short Selections •••<h3>Skill 6: Knowing How to Outline •••<h3>Skill 7: Knowing How to Summarize •••<h3>Skill 8: Understanding Graphs and Tables •••<h3>Skill 9: Making Inferences •••<h3>Skill 10: Thinking Critically •••<h1>Part Five: Skim Reading and Comprehension •••Preview •••Introduction •••<h3>How to Skim-Read •••<h3>Selection 1: Visual Assertion •••<h3>Selection 2: Science and the Search for Truth •••<h3>Selection 3: The Nature of Power •••<h3>Selection 4: Defense Mechanisms •••<h3>Selection 5: Fatigue •••<h3>Skim-Reading Progress Chart •••<h3>Questions on the Skim-Reading Selections •••<h1>Part Six: Rapid Reading and Comprehension •••Preview •••<h3>Introduction •••<h3>Selection 1: From The Autobiography of Malcolm X •••<h3>Selection 2: Learning to Keep Your Cool during Tests •••<h3>Selection 3: Wired for Touch •••<h3>Selection 4: The Scholarship Jacket •••<h3>Selection 5: Dare to Think Big •••<h3>Selection 6: Winning the Job Interview Game •••<h3>Selection 7: A Door Swings Open •••<h3>Selection 8: From Nonreading to Reading •••<h3>Selection 9: The Certainty of Fear •••<h3>Selection 10: What You Need to Know to Succeed at Math •••<h3>Rapid Reading Progress Chart •••<h3>Reading Rate Table •••<h1>Part Seven: Mastery Tests •••Preview •••<h3>Motivational Skills •••<h3>Taking Classroom Notes •••<h3>Time Control and Concentration •••<h3>Textbook Study I •••<h3>Textbook Study II •••<h3>Textbook Study III •••<h3>Building a Powerful Memory •••<h3>Taking Objective Exams •••<h3>Taking Essay Exams •••<h3>Taking Objective and Essay Exams •••<h3>Using Research Skills •••<h3>Using the Dictionary •••<h3>Understanding Word Parts •••<h3>Vocabulary Development •••<h3>Definitions and Examples •••<h3>Enumerations •••<h3>Headings and Subheadings •••<h3>Signal Words •••<h3>Main Idea •••<h3>Outlining •••<h3>Summarizing •••<h3>Understanding Graphs and Tables •••<h3>Making Inferences •••<h3>Thinking Critically •••<h3>Skim Reading •••<h3>Rapid Reading Passage •••<h1>Part Eight: Additional Learning Skills •••Preview •••Studying Mathematics and Science •••<h3>Reading Literature and Making Inferences •••<h3>Reading for Pleasure: A List of Interesting Books •••<h3>Writing Effectively •••<h3>Acknowledgments •••<h3>Index •••