CRCB Chapter 14

Use the Internet source evaluation system describe in this chapter as a tool for assessing websites.As a reader and thinker,become an open minded skeptic by considering each website's Relevancy,Reliability,Credibility and Accuracy using the following seven steps;Know your Purpose,Double-check facts and sources,consider the source,Evaluate content,Determine intended audience,Evaluate the writing,Use what you already know.

Accessing information from the Web is a skill you need to learn not only for college, but also for the world of work. As a reader and thinker, become an ‘open minded skeptic’ by considering each web site’s Relevancy, Reliability, Credibility and Accuracy using the following seven steps:
1. Know your purpose.
2. Double-check facts and sources.
3. Consider the source.
4. Evaluate content.
5. Determine intended audience.
6. Evaluate the writing.
7. Use what you already know.

CRCB chapter 13

Critical reading means to asking and answering questions about your reading material at all level thinking. Bloom’s taxonomy lists six levels of critical thinking –knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation- that you can use to deepen your understanding of textbook material. By creating and answering questions at each of these levels, you will be better able to predict the kind of questions your instructor will ask on an exam and better prepared to answer them.

Lists six levels of critical thinking-Knowledge,Comprehension,Application,Analysis,Synthesis and Evaluation-that can use to deepen your understanding of textbook material.By creating and answering questions at each of these levels,you will be better able to predict the kinds of questions your instructor will ask on exam and better prepare to answer them

CRCB Chapter 12

Arguments are the logical structures that people use when they write and speak to present ideas and persuade others to support those ideas.An argument consists of two or more statements that include one conclusion and at least one reason that support it.

Two primary types of arguments are deductive and inductive.
1.Deductive have at least one premise that logically leads to a conclusion.
2.Inductive begin with a series of specific observations and conclude with a generalization that logically flows from them.

CRCB Chapter 11

Visual information reinforces and supplements reading material.Types of visual aids include mind maps,outlines,charts,diagrams,graphics,illustrations,photographs and time lines.The type of information being conveyed determines what type of visual aid an author will use.Learning how to read visuals helps to understand and remember the textual information they illustrate.

Types of visual aids include mind maps, outlines, charts, diagrams, graphs, illustrations, photographs, and time lines.An effective reading and study strategy is to make your own visual aids. Here fore you have to recognize the important elements in what you are reading and be able to prioritize and organize them in a logical and useful format.

CRCB Chapter 10

Textbook marking is a systematic way of marking, highlighting, and labeling ideas to show how they are related to each other and which are most important. It also helps you to remember what you had read.At the end of the study-reading stage of textbook reading, you should look for and mark these items: main ideas, major supporting details, and new vocabulary. Beyond these three basic elements of textbook marking, you should use your experience in lecture and lab to decide if you need to mark more. Always mark information that is unclear; to remind yourself to find out what it means before you are tested on the material.

CRCB Chapter9

The PSR technique requires that you question yourself before,during and after you read.It encourages you to participate in a reader-author conversation rather than to read passively.In this conversation,you access what the author says and decide if it makes sense to you.you also add what you know to the conversation by recalling related information.It helps to understand and remember the textmaterial.
The PSR technique also requires you to respond to readings by writing in your journal. Review reading using your journal can helps you to understand an author’s ideas and helps you relate the material to what you already know..

CRCB chapter 8

In this chapter we can will learn about different methods of textbook organization, learn to recognize that signal the different methods, practice techniques that will help we identify, organize and remember textbook methods of organization.

It is important to access an author's overall method of organization,An author frequently use more than one method from paragraph to paragraph but hve one overall method for each textbook chapter