More Than Words: Experimental Approach to College Textbook Strategies
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Copyright: 2021
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More Than Words: Experimental Approach to College Textbook Strategies is a practical guide that helps college students become more effective, active readers by introducing proven strategies for understanding and retaining academic texts. Through techniques such as surveying, questioning, predicting, annotating, vocabulary development, and visual organization, students learn to approach reading with purpose and confidence while improving comprehension and critical thinking skills.
The book also emphasizes study and test-preparation strategies, including KWL, SQ3R, lecture and text synthesis, summarizing, and test construction, to help students connect ideas and succeed across college courses. By encouraging active engagement before, during, and after reading, More Than Words equips learners with essential academic skills that support both classroom success and lifelong learning.
STRATEGY 1 Surveying
STRATEGY 2 Organizing Strategy—Mapping Ideas Using Organizational Patterns
STRATEGY 3 Questioning
STRATEGY 4 Predicting Strategy
STRATEGY 5 Annotating Strategy
STRATEGY 6 Vocabulary – Frayer Model Strategy
STRATEGY 7 Immediate Recall
STRATEGY 8 KWL – Know, Want, Learn
STRATEGY 9 Visual Information Strategy
STRATEGY 10 LTS – Lecture and Text Synthesis
STRATEGY 11 Context Clue Strategy
STRATEGY 12 SQ3R – Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review
STRATEGY 13 Interpreting Figurative Language Strategy
STRATEGY 14 Prefix and Suffix Strategy
STRATEGY 15 Evaluating Argument Strategy
STRATEGY 16 Summary and Response
STRATEGY 17 Test Construction