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    The document discusses important reading skills for college students. It emphasizes that active reading, which involves intense mental engagement with the text, is crucial for success over mindless reading where one doesn't recall what was read. It also outlines the key elements students should focus on for effective reading, including identifying the key concept, main idea, secondary ideas and supporting details of a text. Mastering these reading strategies is important for collecting knowledge and doing well on tests in college.

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    The document discusses important reading skills for college students. It emphasizes that active reading, which involves intense mental engagement with the text, is crucial for success over mindless reading where one doesn't recall what was read. It also outlines the key elements students should focus on for effective reading, including identifying the key concept, main idea, secondary ideas and supporting details of a text. Mastering these reading strategies is important for collecting knowledge and doing well on tests in college.

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    WISE CHOICES IN COLLEGE: READING

    1 The role of reading

    Collecting knowledge in college

    Read textbooks, journals, handouts, Web pages

    Do the tests

    2 Reality

    Many college-bound students lack reading skills Good reading skills will benefit from becoming more
    accomplished

    3 Types of reading

    Mindless reading: running your eyes over a page while don't recall a thing you read

    Active reading: characterized by intense mental engagement in what you are reading

    4 Reading mindfully The Big Picture

    A Key concept

    The main topic

    Example: inflation, mitosis, symbolic interactionism

    B Main idea (thesis)

    The most important idea conveying about a key concept

    2 authors may write about the same key concept but present different main ideas

    C Secondary idea (topic sentense)

    Elaborates on a main idea


    By answering questions that readers may have about it

    D Supporting details

    Typically follow each idea-main or secondary

    Such as example, evidence, explanation, and experiences

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