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Complete instructor's manual and test bank for Active Reading Skills: Reading and Critical Thinking in College, 3rd Edition by Kathleen T. McWhorter and Brette M. Sember (2011), covering college reading strategies, vocabulary development, main ideas, supporting details, patterns of organization, inference, fact and opinion, tone, bias, and argument analysis. The manual includes Chapter 1 Reading College Textbooks: An Active Approach; Chapter 2 Strengthening Your Vocabulary; Chapter 3 Identifying and Analyzing Main Ideas; Chapter 4 Examining Details and Transitions; Chapter 5 Working with Implied Main Ideas; Chapter 6 Organizing Information; Chapter 7 Examining Basic Patterns of Organization; Chapter 8 Examining Comparison/Contrast and Cause/Effect Patterns; Chapter 9 Making Inferences and Analyzing the Author’s Purpose; Chapter 10 Distinguishing Fact from Opinion; Chapter 11 Analyzing Tone and Bias; and Chapter 12 Reading Arguments. It also covers the Student Resource Guide, test-taking and competency tests, evaluating Internet sources, sample syllabus, reading analyses, KWL chart, reading survey, book review project, teaching materials, and a complete answer key.

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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Instructor's Manual and Test Bank: Active Reading Skills, 3rd
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Authors: Kathleen T. McWhorter | Brette M. Sember (2011)
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PART I: COLLEGE READING SKILLS
Chapter 1. Reading College Textbooks: An Active Approach
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Chapter 2. Strengthening Your Vocabulary
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Chapter 3. Identifying and Analyzing Main Ideas
Chapter 4. Examining Details and Transitions
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Chapter 5. Working with Implied Main Ideas
Chapter 6. Organizing Information
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Chapter 7. Examining Basic Patterns of Organization
Chapter 8. Examining Comparison/Contrast and Cause/Effect Patterns
Chapter 9. Making Inferences and Analyzing the Author’s Purpose
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Chapter 10. Distinguishing Fact from Opinion
Chapter 11. Analyzing Tone and Bias
Chapter 12. Reading Arguments
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PART II: STUDENT RESOURCE GUIDE
Student Resource Guide A: Test Taking, Exit Exams, and Competency Tests
Student Resource Guide B: Evaluating Internet Sources
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PART III: USEFUL TEACHING MATERIALS
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Sample Syllabus
Reading Analyses I (in order of sequence)
Reading Analyses II (in order of difficulty)
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Introduction Bingo
Reading Survey (Pre-Course Personal Assessment)
KWL Chart
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Suggested Reading List for Nontraditional Students
Book Review Project

PART IV: COMPLETE ANSWER KEY

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Introduction

Part One: Chapter Review Quizzes
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Test Bank 1
Chapter 1 ................................................................................................................................. 197
Chapter 2 ................................................................................................................................. 199
Chapter 3 ................................................................................................................................. 201
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Chapter 4 ................................................................................................................................. 203
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Chapter 5 ................................................................................................................................. 205
Chapter 6 ................................................................................................................................. 207
Chapter 7 ................................................................................................................................. 209
Chapter 8 ................................................................................................................................. 211
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Chapter 9 ................................................................................................................................. 213
Chapter 10 ............................................................................................................................... 215
Chapter 11………………………………………………………………………... 217
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Chapter 12………………………………………………………………………... 219
Answer Key to Chapter Review Quizzes—Test Bank 1 ………………………… 221

Test Bank 2
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Chapter 1 ………………………………………………………………………… 225
Chapter 2 ………………………………………………………………………… 227
Chapter 3 ………………………………………………………………………… 229
Chapter 4 ………………………………………………………………………… 231
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Chapter 5 ………………………………………………………………………… 233
Chapter 6 ………………………………………………………………………… 235
Chapter 7 ………………………………………………………………………… 237
Chapter 8 ………………………………………………………………………… 239
Chapter 9 ………………………………………………………………………… 241
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Chapter 10 ……………………………………………………………………….. 243
Chapter 11………………………………………………………………………... 245
Chapter 12………………………………………………………………………... 247
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Answer Key to Chapter Review Quizzes—Test Bank 2 ………………………… 249


Part Two: Mastery Tests
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Test Bank 1
Chapter 1 ................................................................................................................................. 253
Chapter 2 ................................................................................................................................. 256
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Chapter 3 ................................................................................................................................. 259
Chapter 4 ................................................................................................................................. 263


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, Chapter 5 ................................................................................................................................. 267
Chapter 6 ................................................................................................................................. 271
Chapter 7 ................................................................................................................................. 276
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Chapter 8 ................................................................................................................................. 281
Chapter 9 ................................................................................................................................. 286
Chapter 10 ............................................................................................................................... 291
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Chapter 11………………………………………………………………………... 295
Chapter 12………………………………………………………………………... 299
Answer Key to Mastery Tests—Test Bank 1 ……………………………………. 303

Test Bank 2
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Chapter 1 ................................................................................................................................. 309
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Chapter 2 ………………………………………………………………………… 312
Chapter 3 ................................................................................................................................. 316
Chapter 4 ................................................................................................................................. 320
Chapter 5 ................................................................................................................................. 325
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Chapter 6 ................................................................................................................................. 329
Chapter 7 ................................................................................................................................. 333
Chapter 8 ................................................................................................................................. 337
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Chapter 9 ………………………………………………………………………… 341
Chapter 10 ……………………………………………………………………….. 345
Chapter 11………………………………………………………………………... 349
Chapter 12………………………………………………………………………... 353
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Answer Key to Mastery Tests—Test Bank 2 ....................................................................... 357

Part Three: Student Resource Guide
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Test Bank 1
Guide A…………………………………………………………………………... 363
Guide B…………………………………………………………………………... 365
Answer Key to Student Resource Guide—Test Bank 1………………………… 367
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Test Bank 2
Guide A…………………………………………………………………………... 371
Guide B…………………………………………………………………………... 373
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Answer Key to Student Resource Guide—Test Bank 2………………………… 375

Credits …………………………………………………………………………... 377
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