Introduction
CHAPTER 1: Determining the Subject Matter
CHAPTER 2: Locating Directly Stated Main Ideas
CHAPTER 3: Formulating Implied Main Ideas
CHAPTER 4: Identifying Supporting Details
CHAPTER 5: Recognizing Author's Writing Patterns
Textbook Excerpt and Comprehension Quiz: "Communicating
Interculturally and Internationally" from Business Communications Today,
3rd Ed. by Courtland L. Bovee and John V. Thill
CHAPTER 6: Applying Comprehension Skills to Longer Passages
Textbook Excerpt and Comprehension Quiz: "The Primates"
from Anthropology, 6th Ed. by Conrad Phillip Kottak
CHAPTER 7: Remembering College Textbook Material through
Organizing
Textbook Excerpt and Comprehension Quiz: "The Nature
of Life: An Introduction" from The Nature of Life, 2nd Ed., by John Postlethwait
CHAPTER 8: Thinking Critically as You Read
Textbook Excerpt and Comprehension Quiz: "Ludwig van
Beethoven" from Music: An Appreciation, 5th Ed., by Roger Kamien