Books, Videotapes and Audio Tapes
Uncataloged in Media Access Center

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These academic skills resources may be used in M.A.C. They are not cataloged; therefore, you should ask for each as described below.

 
Reading Comprehension
 
Writing
 
Speed Reading
 
Study Skills
 
Reading For ESL Students
 
Test Taking
 
Vocabulary
 
Spelling
 
Critical Thinking
 
Mathematical Skills

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READING COMPREHENSION

 

VIDEOTAPES:

Reading Efficiently System (Bill Cosby ,Tapes 1-12)

 

BOOKS/ WORKBOOKS:

Essential Skills (for Reading Comprehension) (11-20)

(Passages with questions for developing the six essential catergories of comprehension)

100 Passages to Develop Reading Comprehension

Bridging the Gap: College Reading , Smith

Efficient Reading , Brown

The Jamestown Comprehension Skills Series (with Writing Actvities)

 

SPEED READING

 

VIDEOTAPES:

Speed Reading (Tapes 1-8) plus Drill Book

 

BOOKS/ WORKBOOKS:

A Fast Course in Speed Reading (mini-course books)

Faster Reading Self-Taught : Follow Five Step Plan to Read Faster

Picking up the Pace: Speed Reading and Comprehension

Speed Reading Made Easy , Rial

Skimming and Scanning, Fry (workbook)

 

READING FOR ESL STUDENTS

 

BOOKS

Reader's Choice: A Reading Skills Textbook for Student of ESL, Bober, Dobson, Silberstein

IDIOMS in Action: A Key to Fluency in English, George Reeves

The Proficient Reader, Epstein, Nieratka

 

VOCABULARY

 

BOOKS/MINI-COURSES:

Vocabulary 1000: With Words in Context; Latin and Greek Words and Prefixes , Cronin

Programmed College Vocabulary, Feinstein

Vocabulary Development ( Module Mini-Course on "How to Use the Dictionary"; volumes 1-9)

Programmed College Vocabulary 3600 , Feinstein

 

SPELLING

 

BOOKS/MINI-COURSES

The Mechanics of Spelling ( Module Mini-Course, volumes 1-7)

Spelling 1500: A Program, Hook

Spelling Improvement: A Program for Self-instruction, Fergus

 

WRITING

 

BOOKS/WORKBOOKS

How to Write a Research Paper, Dwight/Speer

Thinking on Paper, Rose Brown, Bob Isaacson Judy Markline ( A Writing Process Workbook)

Writing Research Papers Accross the Curriculum, Hubbuch

Write to Learn, Murray

The Writer's Art, White (A Practical Rhetoric and Handbook)

A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Turabian

Paragraph Practice, Sullivan

The Writer's Sourcebook, Kirszner and Mandell (Strategies for Reading and Writing in the Disciplines)

 

CRITICAL THINKING

 

BOOKS/MINI-COURSES WITH AUDIO TAPES

Reading Across the Curriculum

Mini-Courses in Rhetoric and Critical Thinking (Volumes 1-24) with Audio Tapes

 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

 

BOOKS

Basic Mathematical Skills, Carman

Review of Elementary Mathematics, Rich

Developmental Mathematics, Bittinger, Keedy

 

STUDY SKILLS

 

BOOKS/ MINI-COURSES with AUDIO TAPES

Learn How to Study: A Program Introduction to Better Study Techniques, Browntree

How to Study in College, Paulk

Bridging the Gap: College Reading

How to Study in College, James Deese and Ellin k. Deese

Use Both Sides of Your Brain: New Techniques to Help You Read Efficiently, Study Effectively, Solve Problems,Remember More, and Think Creatively

College Reading and Study Skills, McWhorter

How to Study, Staton

The Whole Earth Textbook: A Survival Manual for Students, William H. Pivar

The Handbook of Successful Learning

Mini-Courses in Academic Skills (volumes 1-9 with Audio Tapes)

 

TEST TAKING

 

BOOKS

How to Take Standardized Tests, Charles Oliver

How to Take Tests: Principles of Examination Readiness, Millman and Pauk

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