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Efficient and Flexible Reading, 8/E
Kathleen T. McWhorterNiagara County Community College

ISBN-10: 0321445724
ISBN-13:  9780321445728

Publisher:  Longman
Copyright:  2008
Format:  Paper; 624 pp
Published:  03/01/2007


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Efficient and Flexible Reading teaches students how to vary their approach to written texts based on the material and their purpose for reading.

 

In addition to instruction in literal and critical comprehension skills, vocabulary, and study skills, Efficient and Flexible Reading teaches students how to identify text structures and thought patterns for more efficient learning. Emphasizing reading as an active thinking process, the author presents systems for monitoring concentration, comprehension, and recall, encouraging students to assess the reading assignment and to select the appropriate strategy to suit the situation.  Students are encouraged to read actively and critically, to approach reading as a thinking process, and to analyze their own reading and learning strategies (metacognition).



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Features

  • Comprehensive coverage of traditional topics.  The principal reading skills — main idea, supporting details, vocabulary, patterns of organization, inference, tone, and retention — are thoroughly covered, as are vocabulary development and study-reading skills.
  • Help with reading rate and reading flexibility.  Readers are taught to adjust their reading strategy and rate to suit the type, complexity, and familiarity of their reading material.
  • Awareness of comprehension process. The author emphasizes discovering and working with one's personal learning style and includes a Learning Style Questionnaire to assess learning and information processing.
  • “Evaluating Internet Sources.” Students are guided in selecting reliable, trustworthy sources of information, and learn how to evaluate the purpose, content, accuracy, and structure of a Web Site.
  • “Checking Your Vocabulary.” Exercises at the end of each reading selection emphasize importance of vocabulary and integrate vocabulary instruction into each reading selection.


New To This Edition

  • New four-color design. The book is now more visually appealing and the colors are used pedagogically to make the illustrations more effective.
  • New visual chapter openers.  Each chapter opens with a photograph or other image to elicit student responses, immediately engaging students, sparking their interest, and demonstrating the relevance of chapter content.
  • New section on word mapping.  A new section on word mapping has been added to Chapter 3, “Strengthening Your Word Power” for a visual approach to vocabulary development.
  • New guide to taking exit exams.  This guide helps students prepare for and take exit exams and offers concrete strategies for answering vocabulary, comprehension, and critical thinking questions.
  • New learning style tips.  A new boxed feature illustrating how to adapt chapter content to one's learning style has been added throughout the text.
  • New readings. New readings have been added on such topics as plagiarism, stem-cell research, guerilla marketing strategies, teen age brain development, fossil fuels, racial discrimination in the medical profession, and language changes related to war.
  • Relocation of multiple-choice questions.  The multiple-choice questions to accompany even-numbered reading selections now follow each reading selection.


Table of Contents

Preface 

Part 1 Developing a Basis for Reading and Learning

Chapter 1      Developing Your Efficiency and Flexibility

Analyzing Your Reading Efficiency

Analyzing Your Learning Style

Developing Reading Flexibility

Principles of Efficiency and Flexibility

Evaluating Your Rate and Flexibility

Critical Thinking Tip #1

Developing Critical Thinking Skills

Summary

Reading Selection 1

“How to Brag About Yourself to Win and Hold a New Job”

Reading Selection 2

“Talking A Stranger Through the night”

Chapter 2      Active Reading and Learning

Reading and Thinking Actively

Improving Your Concentration

Monitoring Your Comprehension

Prereading and Predicting

Developing Guide Questions

Critical Thinking Tip #2

Developing a Questioning Mind-Set

Summary

Reading Selection 3

“Profile of a Terrorist”

Reading Selection 4

“Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space”

Chapter 3      Strengthening Your Word Power

Expanding Your Vocabulary

Using Contextual Aids

Analyzing Word Parts

Using Word Mapping to Expand Your Vocabulary

A System for Learning Unfamiliar Words

Using Vocabulary Reference Sources

Critical Thinking Tip #3

Vague Versus Clear Meanings

Summary

Reading Selection 5

“My Black Skin Makes My White Coat Vanish”

Reading Selection 6

“Stem cell Therapy: Promise and Reality”

Academic Scenario

Part 2 Improving Your Comprehension

Chapter 4      Main Ideas and Paragraph Structure

Paragraph Organization

Identifying the Topic

Finding the Main Idea and Topic Sentence

Implied Main Idea                  

Developing Expectations as You Read

Major and Minor Supporting Details

Types of Supporting Details

Using Transitions

Critical Thinking Tip #4

Recognizing Your Own Bias

Summary

Reading Selection 7

“The Appreciation of Humor”

Reading Selection 8

“Privacy on the Web”

Chapter 5      Patterns: Relationships Among Ideas

How Recognizing a Pattern Improves Recall

Common Organizational Patterns

Other Useful Patterns of Organization

Using Transitional  Words

Critical Thinking Tip #5

Analyzing Cause-Effect Relationships

Summary

Reading Selection 9

“Electronic Monitoring: An Alternative to Imprisonment”

Reading Selection 10

“How Students Get Lost in Cyberspace”

Chapter 6      Reading Essays and Articles

Reading Essays

Reading Articles

Analyzing Essays and Articles

Critical Thinking Tip #6

Evaluating Research Sources

Summary 

Reading Selection 11

“War: The Mother of All Words”

Reading Selection 12

“Alternative Drug Testing Update”

Academic Scenario

Part 3 Reading and Learning from College Texts

Chapter 7      Techniques for Learning Textbook Material

Writing as a Learning Tool

Highlighting Techniques

Annotating and Making Marginal Notations

Paraphrasing

Outlining

Mapping to Show Relationships

Summarizing Information

Critical Thinking Tip #7

Annotating and Critical Thinking

Summary

Reading Selection 13

“Plagiarism”

Reading Selection 14

“Guerilla Marketing: A New Trend in Advertising”

Academic Scenario

Chapter 8      Learning and Retention Strategies

Using the Organization of Textbook Chapters

Applying Effective Recall Strategies

Reading and Learning with the SQ3R System

Reading Scientific/Technical Material

Critical Thinking Tip #8

Using Your Background Knowledge and Experience

Summary

Reading Selection 15

“Problem Solving”

Reading Selection 16

“The Value of Pet Ownership”

Chapter 9      Graphic and Visual Literacy

Why Graphics Are Used

A Strategy for Reading Graphics

Integrating Text and Graphics

Types of Graphics

Critical Thinking Tip #7

Analyzing Statistics

Summary

Reading Selection 17

“Homeostasis”

Reading Selection 18

“Pangaea: The Supercontinent and the Effects of Its Breakup”

Part 4 Reading Critically

Chapter 10    Critical Analysis

Grasping Denotative and Connotative Meanings

Making Inferences

Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion

Recognizing Generalizations

Identifying Tone

Identifying the Author’s Purpose

Identifying Bias

Understanding Figurative Language

Critical Thinking Tip #10

Slanted Writing

Summary

Reading Selection 19

“I Am a Japanese American”

Reading Selection 20

“Early Encounters with the Artist Within”

Chapter 11    Evaluating Arguments and Persuasive Writing

Evaluating Source and Authority

Reading Arguments

Evaluating Arguments

Errors in Logical Reasoning

Critical Thinking Tip #11

Evaluating Emotional Appeals

Summary

Reading Selection 21

“From a Vegetarian: Looking at Hunting from Both Sides Now”

Reading Selection 22

“Out of Time”

Chapter 12    Reading and Evaluating Internet Sources

Locating Electronic Sources on the Web

Tips for Locating Reliable Web Sites

Evaluating the Content of a Web Site

Evaluating the Accuracy of a Web Site

Evaluating the Timeliness of a Web Site

Evaluating the Purpose of a Web Site

Evaluating the Structure of a Web Site

A Checklist for Evaluating Web Sources

Reading Electronic Text

Developing New Ways of Thinking and Reading

Critical Thinking Tip # 12

Choosing Between Print and Internet Sources

Summary

Reading Selection 23

“Fossil Fuel for Breakfast”

Reading Selection 24

“The Sandman Is Dead–Long Live the Sleep Deprived Walking Zombie”

Academic Scenario

Part 5 Increasing Your Rate and Flexibility

Chapter 13    Skimming and Scanning

Skimming

Scanning

Critical Thinking Tip #13

Anticipating Your Reading Assignments

Summary

Reading Selection 25

“Barriers to Effective Listening”

Reading Selection 26

“Stress Management: Personally Adjusting to Stress”

Chapter 14    Techniques for Reading Faster

Eye-Movement Patterns

Reading in Meaning Clusters

Key Word Reading

Using Cue Words

Rapid Reading Drills

Pacing Techniques

Rereading for Rate Increase

Critical Thinking Tip #14

Recognizing Judgments

Summary

Reading Selection 27

“Teens Driven to Distraction”

Reading Selection 28

“The Functions and Effects of Music”

Academic Scenario

Appendix A: A Guide to Taking Exit Exams

APPENDIX B: Words-Per-Minute Conversion Chart

Appendix C: Reading Progress Graph

Credits

Index


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