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Quick College Guide, The: Reading, Writing, and Studying

By Clay D. Rooks, Richard A. Santos

ISBN-10: 0-321-08712-7

ISBN-13: 978-0-321-08712-6What's this?

Published by Longman

© 2003

Pub. Date: Oct 17, 2002

Format: Paper

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Table of Contents

I. READING AND STUDY SKILLS.

 1. Previewing a Textbook and a Chapter.

 2. Reading and Studying a Textbook.

 3. Lectures and Note Taking.

 4. Participating in Class.

 5. Collaborative Learning.

 6. Test Taking.

II. BASIC WRITING SKILLS.

 7. Writing College Essays and Papers.

 8. Structuring College Essays and Papers. (Introduction, Body & Conclusion)

 9. Writing Effective Paragraphs.

10. Writing Journals.

11. Responsive Writing: Analysis.

12. Writing Laboratory or Field Reports.

13. Writing Case Study and Analysis.

14. Writing Abstracts and Executive Summaries.

III. BASIC DOCUMENT DESIGN & FORMATS.

15. College Paper Format.

16. Business Letter Format.

17. Memorandum Format.

18. E-Mail Format.

IV. RESEARCH AND RESEARCH PAPER WRITING.

19. Research: A Basic Approach.

20. Research and Browsing on the Internet.

21. Evaluating the Credibility of Internet Sites and Information Sources.

22. Writing Research Papers.

V. Documentation (with a Note on Plagiarism).

23. MLA Style.

24. APA Style.

VI. LIFE SKILLS.

25. Time Management (Balancing Family, School, and Work).

26. Goal Setting.

27. Resources Management.

28. Diversity on Campus.

29. College and Disabilities (Resources and Advice).

VII. LANGUAGE SKILLS: GRAMMAR, MECHANICS, ETC.

30. The Basics of Parts of Speech.

31. The Basics of Sentence Structure.

32. The Basics of Punctuation.

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