Active Reading Skills: Reading and Critical Thinking in College (Myreadinglab)
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Active Reading Skills: Reading and Critical Thinking in College (Myreadinglab)
Critical thinking and reading skills are taught hand-in-hand with the basic building blocks for reading success.
Concise skill instruction and abundant practice means students spend more time actively improving their reading skills
Many practice exercises, review tests and mastery tests practice tests provide students with observable, measurable evidence that they are learning and improving their skills.
“Textbook Challenge Sections” in Chapters 1-8 guide students in integrating and applying the chapter content to textbook reading activities.
Each chapter includes two full-length readings - one in the “Challenge” section and another as part of Mastery Test 3.
“Think About It” chapter-opening visuals connect students to the chapter’s content.
A four-color, visually appealing design keeps students engaged in the material and provides visual cues to denote important information.
Chapter 1 now includes an introduction to critical reading (to set the scene for its [critical reading] expanded coverage throughout the book) as well as coverage of SQ3R, textbook learning aides, and recall and retention strategies.
The new “Thinking Critically About” sections link the chapter reading skills with related critical reading and thinking skills.
Enhanced “Textbook Challenge Sections” (in Chapters 1-8) contain longer textbook excerpts from a wide range of disciplines
The new “Critical Thinking Challenge” activities in Part II complement the “Textbook Challenge” and focus on the application of critical thinking skills.
A new Resource Guide for Exit Exams and Competency Tests includes test taking strategies and a sample Practice Test.
New learning goals appear at the beginning of each chapter, and correspond to the major headings in the chapter. New “Self-Test Summaries” provide students with an opportunity to test themselves for mastery of these learning goals.
New “Self-Test Summaries” provide students with an opportunity to test themselves for mastery of these learning goals.
In addition to new longer readings in most Mastery Tests, over 25% of the brief reading selections and accompanying pedagogy throughout the text have been revised, giving students new reading material that is lively, up-to-date, and thought-provoking.
New icons in the margins point provide easy-to-follow click paths to areas in MyReadingLab that relate to the content being discussed.
