Powerful Reading,efficient Learning

I. GETTING STARTED. 1. Study Skills: Starting to Study. SQ3R. Improving Retention. Determining the Main Idea. Vocabulary. Reading and Study Goals Journal. 2. Study Skills: Textbook Underlining and Marking. Review of SQ3R. Determining the Main Idea Retention: Review. Vocabulary: Review of Prefixes. Reading and Study Goals Journal. 3. Study Skills: Developing and Enacting a Study Plan. PLAE Model. SQ3R: Review. Determining the Main Idea: Review. Determining the Main Idea: Traits of Skilled and Less Skilled Readers. Asking Questions. Retention: Review. Vocabulary. Reading and Study Goals Journal. Putting It All Together. II. DEVELOPING COLLEGE READING AND STUDY SKILLS. 4. Determining the Main Idea: Understanding the Author's Organization. Definition. Exemplification. Cause and Effect. Comparison and Contrast. Sequence. Classification. Division. Combination of Patterns. @aheads = Study Skills: Review of PLAE. SQ3R: Self-Evaluation. Forming Questions. Paraphrasing. Vocabulary: Review of Prefixes. Context Clues: Introduction. Putting It All Together. Self-Evaluation. 5. Metacognition. Choosing Study Strategies Forming Questions. Paraphrasing: Review. Understanding the Author's Organization and Main Idea: Practice. Retention: Self-Evaluation. Critical Reading: Introduction. Critical Reading: Fact and Opinion. Vocabulary: Review of Prefixes. Vocabulary: Context Clues and Prefixes. Reading and Study Goals Journal. 6. Study Skills: PLAE Review. Forming Questions. Metacognition. Summary Writing. Critical Reading: Review. Critical Reading: Distinguishing Fact and Opinion. Critical Reading: Making Inferences. Vocabulary: Review of Prefixes. Reading and Study Goals Journal. III. BECOMING A BETTER READER AND LEARNER. 7. Forming Questions. Critical Reading: Distinguishing Fact from Opinion and Determining the Main Idea. Critical Reading: Review of Inferences. Vocabulary: Review of Words. Vocabulary: Practice with Context Clues and Prefixes. Critical Reading Practice: Responding to What You Read Metacognition. Reading and Study Goals Journal. Summary Writing. 8. Critical Reading: Reasons for Writing. Critical Reading: Making Inferences. Metacognition. PLAE: A Review. Reading and Study Goals Journal. Mapping. Summarizing: Review. Vocabulary: Greek and Latin Roots. Reading and Study Goals. Self-Evaluation. 9. Critical Reading: Recognizing Author's Tone. Critical Reading: Determining Author's Purpose. Critical Reading: Practice. Metacognition Mapping. Writing Summaries: Practice. Skimming. Vocabulary: Review of Roots. Reading and Study Goals Journal. IV. MASTERING YOUR READING AND STUDYING. 10. Reading for Deep Meaning. Metacognition. Mapping. Outlining: An Alternative to Mapping. Skimming. Scanning. Critical Reading: Recognizing Tone and Purpose. Synthesizing Ideas. Vocabulary: Review of Roots and Prefixes. Reading and Study Goals Journal. 11. More Deep Reading. Scanning. Critical Reading: Recognizing Tone and Attitude. Synthesizing Ideas. Vocabulary: Review of Roots and Prefixes; Context Clue Practice. Reading and Study Goals Journal. 12. Completing Your Reading and Study Goals. Scanning and Skimming. Critical Reading: Evaluating and Forming Arguments. Synthesizing Ideas. Vocabulary: Roots and Prefixes. Final Self Evaluation. Appendix 1.Leo, Eleanor is the author of 'Powerful Reading,efficient Learning' with ISBN 9780023697623 and ISBN 0023697628.