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Learning Strategies for Health Careers Students - Revised Reprint

  • 1 Edición - 7 de marzo de 2007
  • Última edición
  • Autores: Susan Marcus Palau, Marilyn Meltzer
  • Idioma: Inglés

Dozens of step-by-step strategies help you improve your skills in areas such as reading comprehension, writing, math, and studying. With this book, you'll build your vocabulary,… Leer más

Descripción

Dozens of step-by-step strategies help you improve your skills in areas such as reading comprehension, writing, math, and studying. With this book, you'll build your vocabulary, understand basic mathematics and solve word problems, take effective notes, manage study time, and raise your test scores. You'll also learn to organize your ideas so you can write more clearly and effectively for school and work-related reports.

Puntos claves

  • Fifteen reading selections taken from health care textbooks let you practice the strategies you've learned.
  • A variety of exercises offer practice with the same kinds of assignments you'll encounter at school.
  • An answer key allows you to check your work.
  • A vocabulary chapter introduces the medical and non-medical terms you need to know.
  • A glossary offers rapid, at-a-glance access to important terms.

Índice

UNIT I Reading Strategies


1. Identifying the Three Levels of Understanding


2. Recognizing Details


3. Developing Vocabulary


4. Monitoring and Improving Comprehension


5. Reading the Textbook

UNIT II Writing Strategies


6. Organizing Ideas


7. Writing the First Draft


8. Rewriting the Final Draft

UNIT III Mathematics Strategies


9. Learning Computation Skills


10. Understanding Algebra, Geometry, and the Metric System


11. Solving Word Problems

UNIT IV Study Strategies


12. Managing Time


13. Learning Active Listening Skills


14. Taking Notes


15. Improving Test Scores

UNIT V Reading Selections

References

Glossary

Answer Key

Index

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 7 de marzo de 2007
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los autores

SP

Susan Marcus Palau

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Learning Specialist, Private Practice, Westchester, NY

MM

Marilyn Meltzer

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Hunter College, New York, NY