* PLEASE NOTE EVERY CHAPTER HAS THE SAME FORMAT. PARTS A & B WILL ALWAYS INCLUDE "WORDS TO LEARN","STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS", AND "PRACTICE EXERCISES." THEY ARE THEN FOLLOWED BY "POWER WORDS", "PRACTICE WORDS", "PRACTICE", "CHAPTER EXERCISES REVIEW", "VARK EXERCISES", AND "PUZZLE FUN." FOR THIS REASON, THESE SECTIONS ARE ONLY DISPLAYED ONCE IN THE BELOW TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Preface

Chapter One: Memory and Learning Styles

Objectives

Part A: Memory–Don’t Leave Home Without It!

Part B: How Do You Learn? Learning Styles May Be the Answer.

Part One : Words and Word Elements

Learning Strategy SSCD

Part A: Words to Learn, Structural Elements, Practice Exercises

Part B: Words to Learn, Structural Elements, Practice Exercises

Power Words

Practice Exercises

Chapter Review

VARK Exercises

Puzzle Fun

Chapter Three

Memory Tip: Organize the Material

Learning Strategy: Tri-Fold (Primary Rehearsal Strategy)

Chapter Four

Memory Tip: Test/Retest

Learning Strategy: Metacognition

Chapter Five

Memory Tip: Overlearn the Material

Learning Strategy: Secondary Rehearsal Strategies (SRS)

Chapter Six

Memory Tip: Space Your Learning

Learning Strategy: Frequency of Forgetting

Chapter Seven

Memory Tip: Memory Techniques

Learning Strategy: Context Clues, Part I

Chapter Eight

Memory Tip: Recitation Will Help Improve Learning

Learning Strategy: Context Clues, Part II

Chapter Nine

Memory Tip: Study Before Bed

Learning Strategy: Graphic Organizers, Word Webs, and Semantic Maps

Chapter Ten

Focus Tip: Sequential Remembering

Learning Strategy: SQ3R

PART TWO: DISCIPLINE-RELATED WORDS

Chapter Eleven: Reading in the Social Sciences

Focus Tip: Reliability, Validity, and Author’s Qualifications

Learning Strategy: Using the Internet as a Resource

Chapter Twelve: Reading in Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Focus Tip: Reading in the Sciences

Learning Strategy: Science and Math Mnemonics

Appendix

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