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Table of Contents:
Preface An Overview of Bridging the Gap   Chapter 1: Active Learning What is Active Learning?    What Are Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience?    How Does the Brain Screen Messages?    Brain Boosters    Brain Boosters: Are You Paying Attention? Cognitive Styles    Cognitive Style Preferences    Global Versus Analytical    Sensory Learning Styles    Multiple Intelligences: There Is More Than One Way to Be Smart    What If I’m Not a Verbal or Logical Learner? What is Concentration? Poor Concentration: Cause and Cures    External Distractions    Internal Distractions    Brain Booster: Are You Curious?    Reader’s Tip: Improving Concentration Successful Academic Behaviors    Reader’s Tip: Managing School and Work E-Mail Summary Points MyReadingLab The Reading Workshop SECTION 1: PSYCHOLOGY Video: “Creativity” “Becoming More Creative” By Carol Wade and Carol Tavris Concept Prep for Psychology SECTION 2: HISTORY “Home Front Workers, Rosie the Riveter, and Victory Girls” by Jacqueline Jones, et al Concept Prep for History SECTION 3: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE “Volunteers Help protect the Environment” from www.peacecorps.gov   Chapter 2: Vocabulary Remembering New Words    Brain Booster: Use Your Senses to Make More Sense!    Associate Words in Phrases    Associate Words with Rhymes or Sounds    Associate Words with Images    Associate Words in Families    Seek Reinforcement    Create Concept Cards Using Context Clues    Definition or Synonym    Elaborating Details    Examples    Comparison    Contrast    Antonyms    Limitations of Context Clues    Multiple Meanings of a Word Understanding the Structure of Words Using a Dictionary Using a Glossary Using a Thesaurus    Brain Booster: Meaning Matters! Word Origins Using Analogies    Reader’s Tip: Categories of Analogy Relationships Easily Confused Words Recognizing Acronyms Recognizing Transitional Words    Reader’s Tip: Types of Transitional Words Summary Points MyReadingLab The Reading Workshop Vocabulary Booster: Over, Under, Around, and Through   Chapter 3: Strategic Reading and Study What is Strategic Reading?    Four Types of Readers    The Stages of Reading Stage 1: Strategies for Previewing    Signposts for Previewing    Reader’s Tip: Asking Questions Before Reading    Preview to Activate Schemata    Brain Booster: Schemata and Your Brain Stage 2: Strategies for Integrating Knowledge with Reading    Integrating Ideas: How Do Good Readers Think?    Reader’s Tip: Using Thinking Strategies While Reading    Metacognition    Reader’s Tip: Developing Metacognition for Reading Stage 3: Strategies for Recalling    Recalling Through Writing    The Three Steps of Recalling    Reader’s Tip: Recalling After Reading    Brain Booster: Use It To Remember It! Summary Points MyReadingLab The Reading Workshop SECTION 1: HISTORY “Madam C.J. Walker: Business Savvy To Generous Philanthropy” from America.gov Archive SECTION 2: HEALTH “High-Risk Drinking and College Students” by Rebecca Donatelle SECTION 3: BUSINESS Video: TOMS Shoes: Changing the World “TOMS Shoes” Be The Change You Want to See In the World”  by Gary Armstrong and Philip Kotler Concept Prep For Business Vocabulary Booster: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly   Chapter 4: Main Idea What is a Topic? What is a Main Idea? What are Supporting Details? Distinguishing Topics, Main Ideas, and Details: A Closer Look Strategies for Finding Main Idea    Prior Knowledge and Constructing the Main Idea    “Informed” Expert Readers    “Uninformed” Expert Readers    Identifying Main Ideas Among Sentences    Questioning for the Main Idea    Reader’s Tip: Using Questions for Find the Main Idea Stated Main Ideas    The Topic Sentence    How Common Are Stated Main Ideas?    Where Are Stated Main Ideas Located? What Are Major and Minor Details?    Reader’s Tip: Signals for Significance Unstated Main Ideas    Unstated Main Ideas in Sentences    Unstated Main Ideas in Paragraphs Interpreting the Main Idea of Longer Selections    Reader’s Tip: Getting the Main Idea of Longer Selections    Brain Booster: Brains Need the Right Amount Of Sleep Summary Writing: A Main Idea Skill    Why Summarize?    Reader’s Tip: How to Summarize    Brain Booster: Chronic Stress and the Brain Summary Points MyReadingLab The Reading Workshop SELECTION 1: PHYSCHOLOGY Video: The Effects of Stress    “Coping With Stress” by Carol Wade and Carol Tavris    Concept Prep for Psychology SELECTION 2: SHORT STORY    “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter    Concept Prep for Literature SELECTION 3: CRIMINAL JUSTICE    “Fighting Violent Gang Crime with Math” by Stuart Wolpert Vocabulary Booster: Who’s Who in Medicine?   Chapter 5: Patterns of Organization Textbook Organization: The Big Picture What do Transitional Words Do?    Words That Signal Addition    Words That Signal Examples or Illustrations    Words That Signal Time or Sequence    Words That Signal Comparison    Words That Signal Contrast    Words That Signal Cause and Effect    Reader’s Tip: Signal Words for Transition Patterns of Organization in Textbooks    Simple Listing    Definition    Brain Booster: Brains Like Patterns    Description    Time Order, Sequence, or Narration    Comparison    Contrast    Comparison and Contrast    Cause and Effect    Classification    Addition    Summary    Location or Spatial Order    Generalization and Examples    Reader’s Tip: Patterns of Organization and Signal Words Clues to the Organizational Pattern    Brain Booster: Watering the Brain Mixed Organizational Patterns Summary Points MyReadingLab The Reading Workshop SELECTION 1: NARRATIVE    “Instant Message, Instant Girlfriend” by Roger Hobs SELECTION 2: HISTORY    “Women In History” by Leonard Pitt   Chapter 6: Organizing Textbook Information The Demands of College Study    Building Knowledge Networks    The Study Process    Organizing Textbook Information    Brain Booster: Exercise to Boost Brain Power Annotating    Why Annotate?    Reader’s Tip: How to Annotate    When to Annotate Note Taking    The Cornell Method    Reader’s Tip: How to Take Notes: The Cornell Method    Outlining    Reader’s Tip: Guidelines for Successful Outlining    Brain Booster: Sleep and Problem Solving    Mapping    Reader’s Tip: How to Map Summary Points MyReaingLab The Reading Workshop SECTION 1: BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS “Watch Your Language” by Gary Armstrong and Philip Kotler    Concept Prep for Communications and Language SECTION 2: HEALTH    “Nutrition, Health, and Stress” by Barbara Brehm    Concept Prep for Health SECTION 3: CRIMINAL JUSTICE    Video: DNA and the Criminal Justice System    “Police DNA Collection Sparks Questions” by Carolyn Thompson Vocabulary Booster: The Sun, The Moon, and The Stars   Chapter 7: Inference What is an Inference? What is Required to Make a Reasonable Inference?    Implied Meaning in Humor    Brain Booster: The Brain’s Pleasure Center and Learning Connotative Language Euphemisms and Politically Correct language Figurative Language    Idioms    Similes    Metaphors    Literary Analogies    Hyperbole    Personification    Verbal Irony Figurative Language in Poetry More Types of Inferences    Inferences from Facts Inferences About a Speaker or Narrator Inferences Based on Action and Description Using Prior Knowledge to Make Inferences    Brain Booster: Boost Brain Power Through Collaboration    Expanding Prior Knowledge Drawing Conclusions    Reader’s Tip: Making Inferences Summary Points MyReadingLab The Reading Workshop SELECTION 1: SHORT STORY    “A Dip in the Poole” by Bill Pronzini    Concept Prep for Philosophy and Literature SELECTION 2: SHORT STORY    “The Mountain Man” by Thaddeus Rutowski SELECTION 3: PERSONAL NARRATIVE    Video: Illiteracy in the United States “Fear the College Years” from The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read: A Memoir by John Corcoran Concept Prep for Political Science Vocabulary Booster: Can I Get That In Writing?   Chapter 8: Point of View Textbooks and Author’s Point of View What is the Author’s Point of View?    What is Bias? What is the Reader’s Point of View?    Brain Booster: Male and Female Brains and Their Points of View What Are Fact and Opinion?       Reader’s Tip: Questions to Uncover Bias What is the Author’s Purpose? What is the Author’s Tone?    Reader’s Tip: Recognizing an Author’s Tone Point of View in Editorial Cartoons Summary Points MyReadingLab The Reading Workshop SELECTION 1: PHILOSOPHY    “Decision” by Gary Kirby and Jeffrey Goodpaster SELECTION 2: SCIENCE    Video: Global Warming    “The Role of Humansin Global Warming” by Teresa Audesirk SELECTION 3: HEALTH    “Steroids” by Rebecca J. Donatelle Vocabulary Booster   Chapter 9: Critical Thinking What is Thinking? What is Critical Thinking    Critical Thinking Skills and College Goals    Reader’s Tip: Four Habits of Effective Critical Thinkers    Barriers to Critical Thinking Recognizing an Argument Steps in Analyzing and Evaluating and Argument    Step 1: Identify the Position on the Issue    Step 2: Identify the Support in the Argument    Step 3: Evaluate the Support    Reader’s Tip: Types of Support for Arguments    Step 4: Evaluate the Argument Inductive and Deductive Reasoning Applying the Four Steps of Critical Thinking    Explanation of the Four Steps Creative and Critical Thinking    Brain Booster: The Creative Plan Summary Points MyReadingLab The Reading Workshop SELECTION 1: ESSAY    Video: The Magic Number of Beauty    “The Importance of being Beautiful” by Sidney Katz SELECTION 2: ESSAY    “Give the Ref a Gavel” by Eldon L. Ham SELECTION 3: ESSAY    “How Boys Become Men” by John Katz Vocabulary Booster: Lights, Camera, Action!   Chapter 10: Graphic Illustrations What Graphics Do    Reader’s Tip: How to Read Graphic Material Diagrams Tables Maps Pie Graphs Bar Graphs Line Graphs Flowcharts Summary Points MyReadingLab The Reading Workshop SELECTION 1: PERSONAL NARRATIVE    “Little Income, Big Debt: Managing Money in College” by Trent Hamm SELECTION 2: SCIENCE    Video: The American Diet    “The Risks and Benefits of Weight Loss Plans” by Campbell, et al. SELECTION 3: SOCIOLOGY    “Technology and the Environment” by John J. Macionis Vocabulary Booster: Play It Again, Sam   Chapter 11: Rate Flexibility Why is Reading Rate Important? What is Your Baseline Reading Rate? Factors Affecting Reading Rate and Technique    Varying rate and technique to Fit Purpose    Rate Variations and Prior Knowledge    Brain Booster: Music to Our Ears and to Our Brains Habits for Faster Reading    Concentrate    Stop Regressing    Expand Fixations    Stop Vocalizing    Preview    Use Your Pen as a Pacer    Push and Pace: Set a Time Goal Skimming    Reader’s Tip: Techniques for Skimming Scanning    Reader’s Tip: Techniques for Scanning Summary Points MyReadingLab The Reading Workshop Vocabulary Booster: Foreign Terms   Chapter 12: Test Taking Can Being Test Wise Improve Your Score?    Brain Booster: Balance Memorization and Application in Test Preparation General Strategies for Mental and Physical Preparation    Before Taking a Test       Reader’s Tip: Preparing For a Test    During the Test    After the Test    Brain Booster: Turn Mistakes into Success Strategies for Standardized Reading Tests    Anticipate What is Coming Next    Read Rapidly, but Don’t Allow Yourself to Feel Rushed    Read to Learn and Enjoy    Self-Test for the Main Idea    Consider All Alternatives Before Choosing an Answer Recognizing the Major Question Types on Reading Comprehension Tests    Main Idea Questions    Detail Questions    Inference Questions    Author’s Purpose Questions    Vocabulary Questions Strategies for Content Exams    Multiple-Choice, True-False, and Matching Items    Short-Answer Items    Essay Questions    Reader’s Tip: Key Words in Essay Questions Locus of Control Summary Points MyReadingLab The Reading Workshop   Appendix 1: ESL: Making Sense of Figurative Language and Idions    Reader’s Tip: Categorizing Idioms Appendix 2: The Reading Workshop: Topics and formats for Book Discussion   Glossary Index Photo Credits Text Credits An Overview of Concept Preps (Inside Front Cover) Progress Chart for Reading Selections (Inside Rear Cover)