1 © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Chapter Seven Choosing to Read Actively

2 © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Learning Outcomes 1.How to learn from your texts and assignments 2.How to mark and label your textbooks effectively 3.How to read nontraditional texts 4.How to read online material 5.How to read and think critically

3 © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Preparing to Learn Completing Assignments –To be successful complete work that is assigned to you Active Learning Options for Surveying and Setting Learning Goals –Authors use common features to draw your attention through the text

4 © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Reading Textbooks 1.Try to read a whole section at a time 2.Mark key points that answer your questions or add important details 3.Selectively mark graphics Make notes in the margins as you read Break down sections that you don’t understand –Get help from your instructor, classmates or study group if you still do not understand the text

5 © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Course Readings in Nontraditional Text Formats Includes short stories, literature, and other forms of narrative texts that do not have headings or subheadings –These types of texts: Provide extra information Simplify complex concepts Help you learn text information more easily

6 © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Six-Step Process for Nontraditional Text Note Taking Step 1:Suggests that you give a code letter to each theme, character, and concept you need to trace throughout the text Step 2:You create a directory of your codes either in the front of your book or in your notebook Step 3: List the code letters in your notebook leaving space between the letters Step 4: You read your text and place the appropriate code letter beside relevant information Step 5: List the page number next to the code number you have already written in your notebook Step 6: Suggests you keep a notebook page for each major theme, character, or concept and write a brief summary or make notes about key details

7 © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Online Reading Techniques and Tools Most content is organized similar to traditional texts Software available that can concert text to speech Free online services available that allow you to mark, label and organize online content Utilize virtual stickies to mark text

8 © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Tips for Online Reading 1.Know your instructor’s (and thus, your) purpose for using the site 2.Know what you need to do with the site’s information 3.Adapt SQ3R for online use

9 © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Critical Reading and Thinking Reading and thinking occur at: –Literal Most basic, salient characteristics of an idea –Inferential and Read to infer relationships and draw conclusions –Critical levels Examine the text from as many angles as you can to questions its meaning, purpose, or truth

10 © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Bloom’s Taxonomy Made up of Levels –Recall –Translation –Interpretation –Application –Analysis –Synthesis –Evaluation

11 © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill College Instructors Expect You to understand what you read at literal levels You to make inferences to find main ideas and relationships among details Ready to think critically about course content