New edition of a text to help students acquire the reading skills necessary for the demands of a college education. Describes strategies for approaching text before, during, and after reading, and ways to build mathematical, historical, marketing, and psychology vocabularies. Includes exercises. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

The Main Idea: Reading to Learn

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Skidell, Myrna Bigman

Becker, Sidney Graves

Words, Language & Grammar

Allyn&Bacon

New edition of a text to help students acquire the reading skills necessary for the demands of a college education. Describes strategies for approaching text before, during, and after reading, and ways to build mathematical, historical, marketing, and psychology vocabularies. Includes exercises. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Main Idea, The: Reading to Learn

Based on an interactive reading model, this developmental reading book emphasizes reading to learn. Readers develop an increasingly complex understanding of the reading process through the application of a series of incremental strategies and "game plans." Readings are of varied lengths within the chapters, and a casebook of longer readings all based on the theme of intergenerational relationships is included at the end of the book. Also featuring discipline-specific vocabulary instruction, individual and collaborative activities, critical thinking and reading strategies, and a complete chapter on reading college textbooks, this new edition comprehensively assists the developmental reader. For those interested in developing their reading skills at the 6-9 grade level.

The Main Idea: Reading to Learn (3rd Edition)

Longman

This highly successful, user-friendly text helps readers learn strategic behaviors that empower them to succeed in their reading. The Main Idea emphasizes reading to learn. Readers develop an increasingly complex understanding of the reading process through incremental strategies and “game plans.” Enlightening reading selections vary in topics and lengths within each chapter, and a casebook of longer readings all based on the theme of intergenerational relationships expose readers to worldwide issues to integrate chapter concepts with real-world material. In addition, a wealth of pedagogical features, such as discipline-specific vocabulary instruction, individual and collaborative activities, critical thinking and reading strategies, and a complete chapter on reading college textbooks, give the developmental reader the necessary tools to succeed. For those interested in improving basic reading skills.

The Main Idea: Reading to Learn (4th Edition)

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Pearson

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The Main Idea: Reading to Learn

Main Idea, The: Reading to Learn

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