Description: Brief Contents Detailed Contents vi Preface xii The Top Ten College Majors xx Academic Success in College 1 Part 1 Fundamental Reading Strategies 21 Chapter 1 Strategies for Active Reading 21 Chapter 2 Fundamental Comprehension Skills 54 Chapter 3 Essential Vocabulary Skills 75 Part 2 Critical Reading Strategies 103 Chapter 4 Evaluating the Author's Message 103 Chapter 5 Evaluating the Author's Techniques 130 Chapter 6 Reading and Evaluating Arguments 154 Part 3 Academic Reading Strategies 177 Chapter 7 Patterns of Academic Thought 177 Chapter 8 Reading and Evaluating Graphics and Online Sources 222 Chapter 9 Using Writing to Learn 252 Part 4 Strategies for Specific Disciplines 277 Chapter 10 Reading in the Social Sciences 277 Chapter 11 Reading in Business 300 Chapter 12 Reading in the Liberal Arts, Humanities, and Education 323 Chapter 13 Reading in Mathematics 355 Chapter 14 Reading in the Life and Physical Sciences 382 Chapter 15 Reading in Technical and Applied Fields 407 Online Chapter: Reading Research, Practice, and Collateral Assignments Credits 435 Index 441

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