Full Description
Academic Literacy combines a mid-level handbook of reading strategies with textbook readings from six different disciplines to help students succeed across the college curriculum. This useful combination of readings and handbook allows instructors great teaching flexibility. In addition to the many academic readings, Academic Literacy also includes a substantive apparatus of detailed instructions and exercises, techniques for active listening and note taking, short-answer questions, tips on how to prepare for tests, and tests that engage students' critical-thinking skills. It especially emphasizes self-assessment as a way to develop good reading habits.
Contents
NoteExtended Application.I. Handbook for Reading and Studying Strategies1. Taking Control of Your ReadingAssessing Your Academic Self-EsteemTaking Control of Your LearningTaking Control of Your Learning EnvironmentTaking Control of Your ComprehensionPreparing for Tests2. Strategies for Increasing Vocabulary: Using Context Clues, Word Parts and the DictionaryWhat Do We Mean By Context?How Will Context Help You Read Academic Text?What Is the Process for Using Context Clues?What Are the Most Useful Types of Context Clues?Word Structure: A Clue to Word MeaningIntelligent Use of the Dictionary3. Strategic Reading for Topics, Subtopics, and Main IdeasWhat Is the Topic of a Reading Selection?Recognizing Topics and SubtopicsJust What is the Main Idea?Purposes for Creating Main-Idea SentencesThe Process for Creating Main-Idea SentencesOther Considerations for Creating Main-Idea SentencesTesting Your Main-Idea Sentences4. Understanding DetailsWhy Are Details Needed?Understanding Types of DetailsDetails as Answers to QuestionsMajor and Minor Details5. Understanding Organizational Patterns in Academic TextsReviewing What You Already KnowHow Can Patterns Be Identified?Relationships Among Main Ideas, Details and PatternsRecognizing Patterns of OrganizationUsing Patterns to Help You Remember6. Strategies for Critical Reading and Thinking: Fact/Opinion; Point of View; Style, Mood and ToneWhat Is Critical Reading?Distinguishing Statements of Fact from Statements of OpinionEvidence for Statements of OpinionAdditional Criteria for Judging Facts and OpinionsIdentifying Author''s Style, Mood, and Tone7. Reading Critically to Make Inferences, Draw Conclusions and Analyze Web-Based MaterialsInferences in Everyday LifeFinding Support for Your InferencesDrawing Conclusions from Your ReadingAnalyzing Web-Based Material8. Strategies for Reading Visual Aids in TextsWhat Are Visual Aids?What Are the Various Types of Visual Aids?How Do Visual Aids Facilitate Comprehension?What Are Effective Strategies for Reading Visual Aids?Previewing Visual AidsNoting DetailsConnecting Visual Aids to TextMaking Inferences from Visual AidsDrawing Conclusions from Visual Aids9. Strategies for Active Listening and NotetakingBecoming a Good ListenerIndicators of Positive ListeningEffective Notetaking from Books and LecturesA Process for Effective NotetakingIdentifying Usable NotesNotetaking BasicsNotetaking SystemsUsing Your Notes EffectivelyPreparing Graphics from Lectures and TextsUnderlining and Marking Textbooks10. Assessing Your New KnowledgeII. Background Essays for Academic LiteracyCross-Reference to Handbook for Reading and Study Strategies11. Psychology: The Science of the Mind and BehaviorKey Concepts for the Study of PsychologySelection 1: The Education Directorate and the Office of Public Communications of the American Psychological Association, What Psychology IsPreviewReading SelectionComprehension of the DisciplineCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further UnderstandingGuidelines for Reading PsychologySelection 2: Randy Borum, Understanding the Terrorist Mind-SetPreviewReading SelectionPostreading Comprehension DevelopmentCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further UnderstandingSelection 3: Monica Ramirez Basco, The Perfect" TrapPreviewReading SelectionPostreading Comprehension DevelopmentCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further UnderstandingSelection 4: Robert Kubey and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Television Addiction Is No Mere MetaphorPreviewReading SelectionPostreading Comprehension DevelopmentCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further Understanding12. Sociology: The Science of Societies and Their Effects on Human BehaviorKey Concepts for the Study of SociologySelection 5: James M. Henslin, The Sociological PerspectivePreviewReading SelectionComprehension of the DisciplineCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionGuidelines for Reading SociologySelection 6: Donna Harrington-Lueker, Blown Away by School ViolencePreviewReading SelectionPostreading Comprehension DevelopmentCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further UnderstandingSelections 7 and 8 Alternative Viewpoints: Same-Sex MarriageAndrew Sullivan, Here Comes the Groom (Viewpoint 1)Robert Sokolowski, The Threat of Same-Sex Marriage (Viewpoint 2)PreviewViewpoint 1Viewpoint 2Postreading Comprehension DevelopmentCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further Understanding13. The Sciences: Knowledge of the Physical WorldKey Concepts for the Study of the SciencesSelection 9: American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Nature of SciencePreviewReading SelectionComprehension of the DisciplineCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further UnderstandingGuidelines for Reading the SciencesSelection 10: Dustin Stephens and Robert Dudley, The Drunken Monkey HypothesisPreviewReading SelectionPostreading Comprehension DevelopmentCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further UnderstandingSelection 11: Natural Disasters: Earthquakes and TsunamisPreviewReading SelectionPostreading Comprehension DevelopmentCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further Understanding14. Business: The Activities of Groups or Individuals Who Develop, Produce, and Distribute Goods and ServicesKey Concepts for the Study of BusinessSelection 12: Preview Roger E. Herman and Joyce L. Gioia, Making Work Meaningful: Secrets of the Future-Focused CorporationPreviewReading SelectionComprehension of the DisciplineCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further UnderstandingGuidelines for Reading BusinessSelection 13: Jack Bishop, Who Are the Pirates? The Politics of Piracy, Poverty, and Greed in a Globalized Music MarketPreviewReading SelectionPostreading Comprehension DevelopmentCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further UnderstandingSelection 14: Paul Klebnikov, Coke''s Sinful WorldPreviewReading SelectionPostreading Comprehension DevelopmentCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further UnderstandingSelection 15: Tyce Palmaffy, El Millionairo Next DoorPreviewReading SelectionPostreading Comprehension DevelopmentCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further Understanding15. History: A Record or Explanation of Past EventsKey Concepts for the Study of HistorySelection 16: F. Otnes, compiler, Why History?PreviewReading SelectionComprehension of the DisciplineCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further UnderstandingGuidelines for Reading HistorySelection 17: Olaudah Equiano, Kidnapped, Enslaved, and Sold Away c. 1756PreviewReading SelectionPostreading Comprehension DevelopmentCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further UnderstandingSelection 18: Brenda Fowler, A Place Without HistoryPreviewReading SelectionPostreading Comprehension DevelopmentCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further Understanding16. Political Science: A Social Science Analyzing Political Processes and InstitutionsKey Concepts for the Study of Political ScienceSelection 19: W. Phillips Shively, Politics: Setting the StagePreviewReading SelectionComprehension of the DisciplineCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further UnderstandingGuidelines for Reading Political ScienceSelection 20: James Q. Wilson, What Should We Know About American Government?PreviewReading SelectionPostreading Comprehension DevelopmentCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further UnderstandingSelections 21 and 22 Alternative Viewpoints: Illegal ImmigrationMark Krikorian, The Way to Go On Immigration (Viewpoint 1)Edwin Meese III, James Jay Carafano, Ph. D., Matthew Spalding, Ph. D. and Paul Rosenzweig, Not Amnesty, but Attrition: The Way to Go on Immigration (Viewpoint 2)PreviewViewpoint 1Viewpoint 2Postreading Comprehension DevelopmentCritical Thinking: Reaction and DiscussionUsing Technology for Further Understanding"
