Animation: Memorization and Concentration (video) > Model: Memorization and Concentration > Model: Time Management

Model: Memorization and Concentration   Have you ever tried to remember someone's name, but just couldn't do it? Have you ever been taking an exam and just couldn't remember the answer to a question?   You're not alone. We all forget ... > Animation: Memorization and Concentration (video) > Model: Time Management

Model: Time Management   Do you procrastinate?   Do you often find yourself behind on everything?   Have you ever read an assignment an hour before class?   Or wrote a paper the night before it was due?   Do you ever ... > Animation: Memorization and Concentration (video) > Model: Memorization and Concentration

Overview: Memorization and Concentration   As you approach Mount Rushmore, you notice the faces of four presidents sculpted into the rocks: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. All these men faced challenges as they governed the country. ... > Animation: Memorization and Concentration (video) > Model: Memorization and Concentration

Note Taking and Highlighting: Animation (video) > Model: Cornell Method of Note Taking > Model: Highlighting and Annotating Your Text

Model: Cornell Method of Note Taking   Note taking is an important skill for college students. There are two main types of notes.   First, there are textbook notes which can be placed in the margins or in a notebook. Second, there are the notes you take during a ... > Model: Highlighting and Annotating Your Text > Overview: Note Taking and Highlighting

Model: Highlighting and Annotating Your Text   When you read actively, it is a good idea to always have a pen and highlighter available. Strategically marking your text can help you understand what you read, and will save you lots of time when you study for tests. Here are some tips ... > Model: Cornell Method of Note Taking > Overview: Note Taking and Highlighting

Overview: Note Taking and Highlighting   Next up is Seattle, where the skies are pretty cloudy for about nine months out of the year. Yet, the city more than makes up for its rain clouds with excellent coffee, superb mountain vistas (on sunny days), and great music. Seattle ... > Model: Cornell Method of Note Taking > Model: Highlighting and Annotating Your Text

Active Reading: Animation (video) > Model: Active Reading Strategies > Overview: Active Reading Strategies

Model: Active Reading Strategies   Just as good drivers use certain strategies to navigate the road when they drive, good readers use a variety of strategies to process information while they read. These strategies can be broken into 3 stages. Before Reading: (Survey ... > Active Reading: Animation (video) > Overview: Active Reading Strategies

Overview: Active Reading Strategies   Welcome to New Orleans—the birthplace of jazz! Listen to the music of Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton, march in a Mardi Gras parade, eat some crawfish, and, yes, do some reading, too.   Just as good drivers use ... > Model: Active Reading Strategies > Active Reading: Animation (video)

Model: Nine Patterns of Organization (Cnt)   Imagine a new immigrant trying to make his way in the city of New York. He's probably holding a piece of paper with an address and perhaps some street names or descriptions of buildings scrawled it. Maybe there's a building or a ... > Overview: Nine Patterns of Organization (Combined)

Overview: Nine Patterns of Organization (Combined)   Welcome to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. Did you know that at the turn of the twentieth century, many European immigrants migrated to the United States? Their hopes and dreams were not unlike those of the Pilgrims who preceded ...

Model: Mapping   For the more visual person, mapping may be an easier rehearsal technique to use than outlining. In mapping, you use visual organization to show how the ideas, topics, and subtopics are related. The specific map you choose depends upon ...

Model: Outlining   An outline is like a graphic organizer. It is used to organize information. The purpose of an outline is to help the reader make sense of the information by showing the relationships among the main idea, the supporting ideas, and any ... > Model: Mapping

Overview: Outlining and Mapping   We all enjoy having relationships of various kinds. For example,   We have friends, relatives, romantic partnerships, and co-workers. Relationships are also important in the material you read. In fact, remembering this ... > Model: Mapping > Model: Outlining

Model: Critical Thinking: Argument   In this Model, you will learn how to identify and evaluate a written argument. What is an argument? An argument is a piece of writing that makes an assertion and provides supporting evidence to support that assertion. Two types of ... > Model: Critical Thinking: Fact and Opinion > Overview: Critical Thinking

Model: Critical Thinking: Fact and Opinion   Have you ever been lured by false advertising? In 1837 many Americans were persuaded by newspaper ads to buy land in a "booming new metropolis" in Texas called Houston. On arrival, they discovered just a small rough-and-tumble ... > Model: Critical Thinking: Argument > Overview: Critical Thinking

Overview: Critical Thinking   Suppose you're going to take a trip through the southwestern states of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. You might look in several travel guides or, if you're very ambitious, you might even research the history of these states. As ... > Model: Critical Thinking: Argument > Model: Critical Thinking: Fact and Opinion

Model: Inference   Chicago is home to a famous improvisational comedy group. This group, known as Second City, is almost 50 years old and has long been considered the "breeding ground" for the country's most famous comics. Photos of its vast ...

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