shopping cart
Save up to 30% on our Staff Picks
Call us: 800-878-7323 HELP
McAfee SECURE helps keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.
Powell's Q&A, Q&A | December 13, 2009

Norberto Fuentes: IMG Powell's Q&A: Norberto Fuentes

0 comments By Norberto Fuentes

Describe your latest project. Norton has just published The Autobiography of Fidel Castro, a novel that took seven years of my life to complete as I... Continue »
  1. $19.56 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    The Autobiography of Fidel Castro

    Norberto Fuentes

On Order

Backorder
$97.50
New Trade Paper
Currently out of stock.
Add to Wishlist
available for shipping or prepaid pickup only
Qty Store Section
- Local Warehouse Education- Higher Education
Used Book Alert Receive an email when this ISBN is available used.

Executive Learning: Successful Strategies for College Reading and Studying

by Jeanne Shay Schumm

Executive Learning: Successful Strategies for College Reading and Studying Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

This ia a combination reading/study skills book that is organized into 3 sections: I) Readers/students evaluate books to develop an effective plan for completion of reading assignments; II) Readers/students are introduced to and given practice in the reading/study strategies for reading comprehension, vocabulary, note-taking, and test-taking; III) Readers/students read and study full-length chapters that allows them to put the strategies they've learned into action.

back to top

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTORY STAGE.

1. Getting to Know Yourself.

2. Getting to Know Your Textbooks.

3. Getting to Know Your Instructors and Tasks.

II. EMPOWERMENT STAGE.

4. Taking Notes from College Lectures.

5. Identifying and Learning New Words.

6. Comprehending Textual Material.

7. Extracting Key Information from Text.

8. Recording Key Information from Text.

9. Preparing for and Taking College-Level Tests.

10. Becoming a Critical Reader.

III. REFINEMENT STAGE.

11. Sample Chapter Psychology:

Stress and Adjustment.

12. Sample Chapter Biology:

The Body's Defense Mechanisms.

13. Sample Chapter History:

The Politics of Righteousness.

14. Sample Chapter Music:

Musical Instruments.

Index.

back to top
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780131848962
Subtitle:
Successful Strategies for College Reading and Studying
With:
Post, Shawn A.
Author:
Schumm, Jeanne Shay
Author:
Post, Shawn A.
Publisher:
Prentice Hall
Location:
Upper Saddle River, N.J. :
Subject:
Higher
Subject:
Education
Subject:
Reading Skills
Subject:
Reading (higher education)
Subject:
Reading
Subject:
Study Skills
Subject:
Composition & Creative Writing - General
Subject:
Composition & Creative Writing
Copyright:
1997
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
bk. 5
Publication Date:
July 1996
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
394
Dimensions:
9.24x7.07x.79 in. 1.27 lbs.
back to top

Related Aisles

  • back to top

Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.