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Active Reading Skills: Reading and Critical Thinking in College 3rd Edition - Instructor's Manual and Test Bank by Kathleen T. McWhorter, Brette McWhorter Sember

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This document contains the full instructor's manual and test bank for Active Reading Skills: Reading and Critical Thinking in College (3rd Edition). It includes instructional support materials such as teaching tips, lesson outlines, and answer keys, along with a comprehensive test bank featuring multiple-choice, true/false, short answer, and reading comprehension questions for every chapter. Topics include identifying main ideas and supporting details, making inferences, recognizing patterns of organization, analyzing arguments, and expanding academic vocabulary. This resource is ideal for instructors teaching college-level or developmental reading and critical thinking courses.

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Instructor’s Manual/Test Bank to accompany McWhorter/Sember, Active Reading Skills: Reading and Critical
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Copyright ©2012, 2008, 2005, Pearson Education, Inc.

All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Instructors may reproduce portions of this book for
classroom use only. All other reproductions are strictly prohibited without prior permission of the publisher, except
in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS

Guide for Instructors
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General Suggestions for Teaching the Course x
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Part I: College Reading Skills
Chapter 1: Reading College Textbooks: An Active Approach 3
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Chapter 2: Strengthening Your Vocabulary 13
Chapter 3: Identifying and Analyzing Main Ideas 23
Chapter 4: Examining Details and Transitions 40
Chapter 5: Working with Implied Main Ideas 53
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Chapter 6: Organizing Information 66
Chapter 7: Examining Basic Patterns of Organization 71
Chapter 8: Examining Comparison/Contrast and Cause/Effect Patterns 84
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Chapter 9: Making Inferences and Analyzing the Author’s Purpose 99
Chapter 10: Distinguishing Fact from Opinion 110
Chapter 11: Analyzing Tone and Bias 119
Chapter 12: Reading Arguments 128
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Part II: Student Resource Guide 141
Student Resource Guide A: Test Taking, Exit Exams, and Competency Tests 142
Student Resource Guide B: Evaluating Internet Sources 149
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Part III: Useful Teaching Materials
Sample Syllabus 155
Reading Analyses I (in order of sequence) 159
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Reading Analyses II (in order of difficulty) 160
Introduction Bingo 161
Reading Survey (Pre-Course Personal Assessment) 162
KWL Chart 164
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Suggested Reading List for Nontraditional Students 165
Book Review Project 166

Part IV: Complete Answer Key 169




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