"First published as Improve your reading by Cengage Learning, copyright �2012 Ron Fry"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-125) and index.
Contents:
Foreword: Read on! -- The basis of all study skills -- Reading with purpose -- Finding the main idea -- Gathering the facts -- The challenge of technical texts -- Becoming a critical reader -- Reading the literature -- Focusing your mind -- Retaining the information -- Let's read up on ADD -- Build your own library -- Reading: a lifelong activity.
Summary:
This practical guide to reading comprehension emphasizes how to grasp the main idea, gather the facts, and draw conclusions from all different types of material, whether textbooks, classic literature, or technical texts. Reading comprehension is arguably the most important study skill there is, one that can be of enormous benefit both inside and beyond the classroom. Rather than increasing one's reading speed, this practical guide emphasizes how to grasp the main idea, gather the facts, and draw conclusions from all different types of material, whether textbooks, classic literature, or technical texts. Students will come away from this guide as more engaged readers who can decipher text with purpose and think critically about content.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.