Ebook: Improve Your Reading

Help your students discover the practical solution to their reading frustrations, with Improve Your Reading. Written by bestselling author and education advocate Ron Fry, this book avoids gimmicks and tricks in favor of proven strategies that will help your students better retain and comprehend what they've read in any textbook, in any course, at any academic level. Endlessly adaptable to each student's individual learning needs, the text focuses on fundamental skills students can carry beyond the classroom.;Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword: Read On!; Chapter 1: The Basis of All Study Skills; Chapter 2: Reading with Purpose; Chapter 3: Finding the Main Idea; Chapter 4: Gathering the Facts; Chapter 5: The Challenge of Technical Texts; Chapter 6: Becoming a Critical Reader; Chapter 7: Reading the Literature; Chapter 8: Focusing Your Mind; Chapter 9: Retaining the Information; Chapter 10: Let's Read Up on ADD; Chapter 11: Build Your Own Library; Chapter 12: Reading: A Lifelong Activity; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Index; About the Author; Copyright.