Preface
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Success Strategies – Adapting Your Studying and Learning for Academic Disciplines
Strategy 1: Customize Your Reading and Studying Strategies
Strategy 2: Learn the Language of the Discipline
Strategy 3: Adapt to Different Learning Environments
Strategy 4: Customize Your Note Taking
Strategy 5: Customize Your Test-Taking Skills
Strategy 6: Expand Your Critical-Thinking Skills
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Part One – A Handbook for Reading and Thinking in College
1. Reading Actively
2. Learning During and After Reading
3. Vocabulary Building
4. Thesis, Main Ideas, Supporting Details, and Transitions
5. Organizational Patterns
6. Reading and Thinking Visually
7. Making Inferences
8. Critical Reading
9. Reading Arguments
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Part Two – Specialized Reading Skills in Academic Disciplines
10. Mathematics
11. Literature
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Part Three – Readings for Academic Disciplines
12. Social Sciences
13. Communication/Speech
14. Political Science/Government/History
15. Business/Advertising/Economics
16. Life Sciences
17. Technology-Related Fields
18. Health-Related Fields
19. Career-Related Fields
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Part Four – Classroom Simulation: Textbook Reading and Writing
Preparing for the Lecture
Reading the Assignment
Reading: Interpersonal Relationship Stages, Theories, and Communication, Joseph A. DeVito
Reviewing the Reading Assignment
Attending the Lecture and Participating in Class
Writing about the Reading
Taking Quizzes
Taking the Exam
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