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© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Guide to College Reading, 6/e Kathleen T. McWhorter Chapter 1 Successful Attitudes toward Reading and Learning PowerPoint by JoAnn Yaworski

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers This Chapter Will Show You How to:  Start with a positive attitude  Build your concentration  Analyze your learning style  Strengthen your comprehension

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Start with a Positive Attitude  Be confident: send yourself positive messages  Accept responsibility for your own learning  Visualize success  Set long-term goals for yourself

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Approaches to Reading  Plan on spending time.  Actively search for key ideas as you read.  Think of reading as a way of unlocking the writer’s message to you, the reader.  Stick with a reading assignment.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Concentration - Controlling Your Surroundings  Choose a place to read where you will not be interrupted.  Find a place that is relatively free of distractions & temptations.  Read in the same place each day.  Choose a time of day when you are mentally alert.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Focusing Your Attention  Set goals & time limits for yourself.  Choose & reserve blocks of time each day for reading.  Vary your reading.  Reward yourself for accomplishing things as planned.  Plan frequent breaks.  Keep physically as well as mentally active.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Analyzing Your Learning Style  Auditory or visual learners.  Applied or conceptual learners.  Spatial or verbal (non-spatial) learners.  Social or independent learners.  Creative or pragmatic learners.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Developing a Learning Action Plan  Circle the five aspects of your learning style in which you received higher scores.  Read through the suggestions that apply to you.  Place a checkmark in front of suggestions that you think will work for you.  List the suggestions that you chose in the box labeled action plan for learning on page 17.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Auditory  Discuss/study with friends.  Talk aloud when studying.  Tape-record self-testing questions & answers.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Visual  Draw diagrams, charts, tables.  Try to visualize events.  Use films, videos, when available.  Use computer-assisted instructed if available.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Applied  Think of practical situations to which learning applies.  Associate ideas with their application.  Use case studies, examples, & applications to cue your learning.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Conceptual  Organize materials that lack order.  Use outlining.  Focus on organizational patterns.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Spatial  Use mapping.  Use outlining.  Draw diagrams, make charts & sketches.  Use visualization.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Verbal (Non-spatial)  Translate diagrams & drawings into language.  Record steps, processes, procedures in words.  Write summaries.  Write your interpretation next to textbook drawings, maps, graphics.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Social  Form study groups  Find a study partner  Interact with instructor  Work with a tutor

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Independent  Use a computer-assisted instruction, if available.  Purchase review workbooks or study guides if available.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Creative  Ask & answer questions.  Record your own ideas in margins of textbooks.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Pragmatic  Study in an organized environment.  Write lists of steps, procedures, & processes.  Paraphrase difficult material.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Visit the Longman Companion Website Take a Road Trip to Mount Rushmore! Visit the Time Management, Memorization, and Concentration modules in your Reading Road Trip CD-ROM for multimedia tutorials, exercises, and tests.