Efficient and Flexible Reading

by Kathleen T. McWhorter

In Efficient and Flexible Reading, Kathleen McWhorter uses a variety of strategies and tools (including Learning Style assessments) to teach readers how to be active readers and adapt key reading skills and strategies to whatever college text they encounter. The clear instruction, examples, and skill application regarding the key reading skills prepare students for their future coursework by focusing on college reading skills and strategies.

608 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Jerry]

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[Adam Floridia]

Teaching people how to read critically is not easy. How do you teach someone to think? While this book has a wealth of information and many beneficial strategies, that just is not enough. After all, it isn't about just learning what the strategies are, it is actually being able to apply them when reading. There are plenty of practice exercises in the book, but many of them are just plain awful. Further, the amount of information and the questionable veracity of a good deal of it makes the book way too long for a one semester course. Needless to say, I just had to completely revise the remaining eight weeks of my syllabus and selected to omit the remaining chapters of this in exchange for some outside materials of my choosing.

[Afdal]

good

[Cilla 2f]

i read the tenth edition. its excellent. the information is invaluable.

[Ime Iwitarp]

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