Bridging the gap : college reading / Brenda D. Smith.
By: Smith, Brenda D [author]
Language: English Publisher: New York : Longman, c2003Edition: Seventh ediitonDescription: xxvi, 566 pages : illustrations (some colior), color map ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 0321088263 (student ed.); 0321088271 (teacher's ed.); 9780321088260Subject(s): Reading (Higher education) | Study skillsDDC classification: 428.40711 LOC classification: LB2395.3 | .S64 2003| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-561) and index.
1. Active learning --
What is active learning? --
What is cognitive psychology? --
How does the brain screen messages? --
Is divided attention effective? --
Can tasks become automatic? --
Cognitive styles --
What is concentration? --
Poor concentration : causes and solutions --
Focusing on successful academic behaviors --
2. Vocabulary --
Remembering new words --
Using context clues --
Understanding the structure of worlds --
Ten weekly vocabulary lessons --
Using a dictionary --
Word origins --
Using a glossary --
Using a thesaurus --
Using analogies --
Easily confused words --
Recognizing acronyms --
Recognizing transitional words --
3. Reading and study strategies --
What is a study system? --
Why use a study system? --
Stage 1 : previewing --
Stage 2 : integrating knowledge while reading --
Stage 3 : recalling for self-testing --
4. Main idea --
What is a main idea? --
Importance of prior knowledge in main idea --
Main idea strategies --
What is a topic? --
How do topics and main ideas differ? --
Questioning for the main idea --
What do details do? --
Stated and unstated main ideas --
Interpreting longer selections --
Summary writing : a main idea skill --
5. Patterns of organization --
Textbook organization --
What do transitional words do? --
Patterns of organization in textbooks --
6. Organizing textbook information --
The demands of college study --
Building knowledge networks --
Methods of organizing textbook information --
Annotating --
Notetaking --
Outlining --
Mapping --
7. Inference --
What is an inference? --
Connotation of words --
Figurative language --
Inferences from facts --
Implied meaning --
Prior knowledge and implied meaning --
Drawing conclusions --
8. Point of view --
Is a textbook influenced by the author's point of view? --
What is the author's point of view? --
What is the reader's point of view? --
What is a fact and what is an opinion? --
What is the author's purpose --
What is the author's tone? --
Editorial cartoons --
9. Critical thinking --
What is critical thinking? --
Applying skills to meet college goals --
Power of critical thinking --
Recognizing an argument --
Steps in critical thinking --
Inductive and deductive reasoning --
Creative and critical thinking --
10. Graphic illustrations --
What graphics do --
11. Rate flexibility --
Why is rate important? --
What is your reading rate? --
How fast should you read? --
Techniques for faster reading --
Skimming --
Scanning --
12. Test taking --
Can testwiseness help? --
Strategies for mental and physical awareness --
Strategies for standardized reading tests --
Recognizing the major question types --
Strategies for multiple-choice items --
Strategies for content area exams --
Locus of control --
Appendix 1. Ten weekly vocabulary lessons --
Appendix 2. ESL : making sense of figurative language and idioms --
Glossary.
Written for the mid to high-level developmental reading level, Bridging the Gap, 7/e by Brenda Smith continues to be the number one choice of developmental reading educators
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