ISBN:
9781455735518
Copyright:
2007
Publication Date:
03-07-2007
Page Count:
368
Imprint:
Saunders
List Price:
$48.99
Learning Strategies for Health Careers Students (Revised Reprint) - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 1st Edition
by Susan Marcus Palau, MA and Marilyn Meltzer, MA
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ISBN:
9781455735518
Copyright:
2007
Publication Date:
03-07-2007
Page Count:
368
Imprint:
Saunders
List Price:
$48.99
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Dozens of step-by-step strategies help students improve skills in areas such as reading comprehension, writing, math, and studying. With this guide, students build your vocabulary, understand basic mathematics and solve word problems, take effective notes, manage study time, and raise your test scores. Idea organization is taught for more clear and effective report writing in both school and work.
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- Fifteen reading selections taken from health care textbooks let your students practice the strategies they've learned.
- A variety of exercises offer practice with the same kinds of assignments your students will encounter at school.
- An answer key allows your students to check their work.
- A vocabulary chapter introduces the medical and non-medical terms your students need to know.
- A glossary offers rapid, at-a-glance access to important terms.
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UNIT I Reading Strategies
1. Identifying the Three Levels of Understanding
2. Recognizing Details
3. Developing Vocabulary
4. Monitoring and Improving Comprehension
5. Reading the Textbook
UNIT II Writing Strategies
6. Organizing Ideas
7. Writing the First Draft
8. Rewriting the Final Draft
UNIT III Mathematics Strategies
9. Learning Computation Skills
10. Understanding Algebra, Geometry, and the Metric System
11. Solving Word Problems
UNIT IV Study Strategies
12. Managing Time
13. Learning Active Listening Skills
14. Taking Notes
15. Improving Test Scores
UNIT V Reading Selections
References
Glossary
Answer Key
Index
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