Table of Contents ACTIVE ACADEMIC READING What Is Active Academic Reading? What Can We Learn From Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience? Brain Booster: Are You Paying Attention? Help Your Brain Absorb New Information Poor Concentration: Causes and Cures External Distractions Internal Distractions Brain Booster: Are You Curious? Reader''s Tip: Improving Concentration Reader''s Tip: Managing Electronic Communication Is Reading Rate Important? Varying Rate and Technique to Fit Purpose Rate Variations and Prior Knowledge Reader''s Tip: Efficient Reading: Adjusting Rate and Technique to Material and Purpose What Is Your Baseline Reading Rate? Brain Booster: Music to Our Ears and to Our Brains Habits for Faster Reading Plan for Success on Reading Comprehension Tests Before Taking a Test Brain Booster: Balance Memorization and Application in Test Preparation During the Test After the Test Brain Booster: Turn Mistakes into Successes Major Types of Comprehension Questions Main Idea Questions Detail Questions Inference Questions Author''s Purpose Questions Vocabulary Questions Essay Questions Reader''s Tip: Key Words in Essay Questions Locus of Control SUMMARY POINTS SELECTION 1 Psychology "Are you Stalling? Win the Battle Against Procrastination!" from Samuel E. Wood, Ellen Green Wood, and Denise G. Boyd CONCEPT PREP FOR PSYCHOLOGY SELECTION 2 History "Home Front Workers, Rosie the Riveter, and Victory Girls" from Jacqueline Jones, et al. CONCEPT PREP FOR HISTORY SELECTION 3 Science "Is there Enough Earth for Everyone?" from Teresa Audesirk, Gerald Audesirk, and Bruce E. Byers CONCEPT PREP FOR SCIENCE VOCABULARY BOOSTER: Over, Under, Around, and Through 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: Ask Questions While Previewing Preview to Activate Schemata Brain Booster: Schemata and Your Brain Stage 2: Strategies for Integrating Knowledge While Reading Integrating Ideas: How Do Good Readers Think? Metacognition Reader''s Tip: Using Thinking Strategies While Reading Reader''s Tip: Developing Metacognition for Reading Stage 3: Strategies for Recalling Recalling Through Writing The Three Steps of Recalling Reader''s Tip: Thinking After Reading Brain Booster: Use It to Remember It! SUMMARY POINTS SELECTION 1 History "Madam C. J. Walker: Business Savvy to Generous Philanthropy" from America.gov Archive SELECTION 2 Health "High-Risk Drinking and College Students" from Rebecca J.

Donatelle and Patricia Ketchum SELECTION 3 Business "The Entrepreneurial Spirit" from Robert S. Feldman CONCEPT PREP FOR BUSINESS VOCABULARY BOOSTER: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ORGANIZING TEXTBOOK INFORMATION FOR STUDY Get Organized for 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 When and How to Take Notes 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 SELECTION 1 Business Communications "Marketing ''Tasty Fun'' and ''Dashing Speed''" from Gary Armstrong and Philip Kotler CONCEPT PREP FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND LANGUAGE SELECTION 2 Health "Managing Stress in College" from Rebecca J. Donatelle CONCEPT PREP FOR HEALTH SELECTION 3 Criminal Justice "Police DNA Collection Sparks Questions" from the Associated Press CONCEPT PREP FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE VOCABULARY BOOSTER: Who''s Who in Medicine? VOCABULARY Remembering New Words and Unlocking Meaning Associate Words in Phrases Associate Words with Rhymes or Sounds Brain Booster: Use Your Senses to Make More Sense! Associate Words With Images Seek Reinforcement Create Concept Cards Use Strategies to Unlock Meaning While Reading Using Context Clues Definition or Synonym Clues Elaborating Details Clues Examples Comparison Clues Contrast Clues Antonyms Limitations of Context Clues Multiple Meanings of a Word Understanding the Structure of Words Using Word Reference Aids Using a Dictionary Using a Glossary Using a Thesaurus Brain Booster: Meaning Matters! Deepening Word Meaning Exploring Word Origins Solving Analogies Reader''s Tip: Categories of Analogy Relationships Studying Easily Confused Words SUMMARY POINTS SELECTION 1 Health "Mobile Devices, the Internet, and iDisorders" from Rebecca J. Donatelle VOCABULARY BOOSTER: What''s In, What''s Out? What''s Hot, What''s Not? MAIN IDEA AND SUPPORTING DETAILS Topics, Main Ideas, and Supporting Details 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 the Main Idea Prior Knowledge and Constructing the Main Idea Identifying Main Ideas Among Sentences Reader''s Tip: Using Three Questions to Find the Main Idea Questioning for 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 Determining 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 SELECTION 1 Psychology "The Obedience Study" from Carole Wade, Carol Tavris, and Maryanne Garry CONCEPT PREP FOR PSYCHOLOGY SELECTION 2 Short Story "Life with Cooper" from Julia Jones CONCEPT PREP FOR LITERATURE SELECTION 3 Criminal Justice "Fighting Violent Gang Crime with Math" from Stuart Wolpert VOCABULARY BOOSTER: The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars 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 Reader''s Tip: Transitions and Their Functions Words That Signal Cause and Effect Patterns of Organization in Textbooks Brain Booster: Brains Like Patterns Simple Listing Definition Description Time Order, Sequence, or Narration Comparison Contrast Comparison and Contrast Cause and Effect Classification Summary Location or Spatial Order Generalization and Example Reader''s Tip: Patterns of Organization and Signal Words Clues to the Organizational Pattern Brain Booster: Watering the Brain Mixed Organizational Patterns SUMMARY POINTS SELECTION 1 Communications "Managing Conflict" from Joseph A. DeVito SELECTION 2 History "North Americans Before Columbus" from David Goldfield, et al. Concept Prep for Art History SELECTION 3 Business "The Dark Side of Consumer Behavior" from Michael R. Solomon VOCABULARY BOOSTER: Can I Get That in Writing? 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 Hyperbole Personification Verbal Irony Figurative Language in Poetry Clues to Making Logical Inferences Inferences Based on Facts Inferences Based on the Voice of a Speaker or Narrator Inferences Based on Action and Description Inferences Based on Prior Knowledge Brain Booster: Boost Brain Power Through C.