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IMPROVING READING SKILLS
Comprehension	Speed	Vocabulary	Phonics/Spelling

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READING FOR WRITING
General Writing	Usage/ Mechanics	Spelling/ Phonics	Test-Taking

DEVELOPING ACADEMIC SKILLS
Learning Strategies	Learning Styles	Critical Thinking

DEVELOPING ACADEMIC SKILLS
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Building Better Study Skills Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 1989	Book. Focuses on practical methods for achieving personal and academic success in college. Concentrates on five skills areas: Managing Time and Environment, Reading Textbooks, Taking Class Notes, Using Information Resources, and Preparing for and Taking Examinations. Each chapter features two or more Skill Builder exercises that give readers an opportunity to practice some of the study strategies and techniques described.
College Study Skills Program: Level II Level III 1979, 1982	Book. Offers readers several methods to improve study skills. Topics covered: listening and taking notes, vocabulary improvement, preparing for tests, organizing time, and improving memory. Plenty of exercises provided for readers to apply what they’ve learned.
Confident Student, The 2001	Book. Through self-knowledge, confidence builders, critical thinking exercises, and computer applications, provides readers the skills and strategies needed to guide them toward completing their academic goals. End-of-chapter activities test reader’s comprehension. Topics covered: learning styles, goal setting, time management, health, test preparation, organization, memory techniques, and critical thinking strategies.
Essays & Reports 1989	Book. Helps writers learn the skills they will need to tackle any kind of essay or report. Students will learn how to choose appropriate subjects, use the library more efficiently, make reports more interesting, and to include a bibliography or footnotes.
How to Study in College 2001	Book. Gives many ideas, tips, and systems to help students strengthen their academic skills. Subjects include learning styles, time management, memory techniques, effective note taking, using computers, and exam preparation. Book uses a conversational tone to make reading pleasant.
Improving Reading Skills 1996	Book. Helps students improve on skills required to meet the demands of college work. Features thirty-eight readings drawn from books, magazines and newspapers. Students learn reading and study skills as they read real-life material. Readings of varying lengths and difficulty have been chosen for their high interest level, diverse writing styles, and timely coverage of current issues. Involves readers with vocabulary through the “Word Origins” sections.
Practicing College Study Skills	Book. Offers lessons and hands-on activities in note taking, test taking, reading, and critical thinking strategies. Lessons in time management, memory techniques, learning styles, goal setting, and researching are followed by easy exercises that test comprehension of the material. Section on the writing process presents steps readers can follow when writing.
Reading Line Program 1973	Book series. Offers readers content area related articles that will help student’s read more effectively. Focus is placed on how to interpret what student’s have read, how to respond to it and how to formulate questions and find answers to them. A section on note-taking and test-taking is included.
Reading Skills Handbook 1985	Book. Teaches basic reading skills required for college success. Handbook section discusses vocabulary, comprehension, interpretation and evaluation, and basic study skills. Mini-anthology of twenty-four reading selections and practice exercises helps reinforce the handbook’s instruction.
Real Thing, The 1993	Workbook and video. Help readers understand the wide variety of disciplines and teaching styles across colleges. Pre-listening activities in workbook prepare students for the videotaped classes. Helps readers succeed in courses packed with large amounts of objective information. Gives strategies for memorizing and preparing for objective and essay exams. Answer key available.
Sack-Yourman Study Skills Program 1971	Books and Tapes. Provides an analytical method for taking notes from lectures and books.
Study Skills 127 Activities List: Discover Your College Catalog Oral Reporting Few Words About Public Speaking How to Give A Speech Mastering…Winning Presentation Skills: Using Visual Aids Speaking Effectively When to Say No to a Speech 1988	Article Series. Each booklet Focuses on developing specific content areas.
Study Skills For Learning Power 2001	Book. Provides readers with information on learning styles, motivations and personality for a better understanding of a readers own learning preference. Critical thinking exercises include reflective journal questions, stimulating group activities, and a variety of study skills exercises including time management, note taking, reading and test taking. Tone is friendly and easy to understand.
Study Skills (HM) Book II Book III 1979, 1982	Book. Offers readers twelve study skills that will help them study more efficiently. Topics covered: getting meaning from context; note-taking methods; understanding learning styles; active listening; memory techniques; preparing for tests; and time management. Exercises help students practice what they’ve learned.
Study Skills Strategies 1987	Book. Introduces techniques and skills readers should have to become better learners. Brief entertaining lessons on time control, note-taking strategies, critical thinking, memory tips, and exam strategies provide readers an opportunity to strengthen their study skills. Effective for re-entry students. (For Reading 127)
Studying A College Textbook 1966	Book. Helps readers use their college textbooks more efficiently and reduce study time. Focus is placed on preparation and summary using the SQ3R method. Comprehension questions check readers’ application of concepts learned.
LEARNING STYLES
Study Skills For Learning Power 2001	Book. Provides readers with information on learning styles, motivations and personality for a better understanding of a readers own learning preference. Critical thinking exercises include reflective journal questions, stimulating group activities, and a variety of study skills exercises including time management, note taking, reading and test taking. Tone is friendly and easy to understand.
Critical Thinking: Reading Across The Curriculum 1984	Book. Designed to give practice in reading academic material. Essays expose readers to many subject areas, topics, and ideas that they’re likely to confront in college. Inclusion of ten multiple-choice comprehension and evaluation questions after each selection provides feedback to both students and instructor. General questions serve as springboards for further analysis and discussion.
CRITICAL THINKING
Between The Lines 1985	Workbook. Teaches students how to think about a passage like an alert detective. Readers learn to see al the details and implications in a passage. Also, they learn to recognize flaws in reasoning. As such logic lapses and false assumptions become more obvious students will be able to judge more accurately the credibility and usefulness of information.
College Reading With Active Critical Thinking 1997	Book. Introduces students to Active Critical Thinking methods. Readers review vocabulary and comprehension fundamentals and review and practice critical reading and persuasive tactics using a six-step system. 10-general interest readings.
Critical Reading Skills 1978	Eight book series. 21 stories per book and a timing provision for reading rate improvement desired.
Critical Reading Stories Aliens & UFO's Apparitions Calamities Daredevils Deceptions Disasters (1st ed.) Rescued Eccentrics (2nd ed.) Eureka Heroes Monsters Phenomena 1982-1992	Activities require decisions from readers. For instance, in the main idea exercises, students identify not only the Main Idea, but the statement that is too broad and the statement that is too narrow. In the vocabulary in context exercises readers learn to identify the precise meanings of words by identifying not only words that have the same meaning, but also words that have almost the same meaning and the opposite meaning. Reading speed charts, progress graphs and answer keys included in each book.
Developing Critical Reading 2003	Book. Designed to help readers learn how to look critically and analytically at short passages, essays and articles, and how to discern the parts, the substances, and the strengths and weaknesses of prose. Also covers vocabulary development and dictionary use.
Reading Road Trip 2001	Computer program available on CD. Offers tutorials, reading, interactive exercises, and mastery tests for a wide variety of reading and study skills. Within each skill-based module, the user visits a different point of interest in the U.S. Skills introduced: active reading, taking notes, critical thinking, analytical reasoning, main idea, inference, memory tips, outlining and time management.
Study Skills For Learning Power 2001	Book. Provides readers with information on learning styles, motivations and personality for a better understanding of a readers own learning preference. Critical thinking exercises include reflective journal questions, stimulating group activities, and a variety of study skills exercises including time management, note taking, reading and test taking. Tone is friendly and easy to understand.