Intended for the combined reading and study skills course, Taking Charge of Your Reading! offers strategies for success and a wealth of exercises including comprehension quizzes and activities. Chapters on reading in the humanities, reading in the social sciences, and reading in the hard sciences are included. This dynamic and modern text includes fully integrated coverage of using computers and the best supplements package available on the market, including a free copy of Reading RoadTrip CD-ROM and a free copy of the Writer's Toolkit CD-ROM. Also included is a free student planner that helps students organize their semester.

It presents a unique integration of study and critical thinking skills to help students become academically competitive. Study and Critical Thinking Skills in College discusses the active learning strategies and techniques that develop students' proficiency in interacting with text and lecture material. The author emphasizes the cognitive approach to learning, the basis for how to apply study skills to academic disciplines, and how to identify early warning signs of academic difficulty.

A unique integration of study and critical-thinking skills to help students succeed Study and Critical Thinking Skills in College, Student Value Edition, 8/e ( loose leaf) aligns closely with the ways students read, study, learn, think, and network in the twenty-first century. McWhorter discusses the active strategies that develop students' proficiency with text and lecture material, emphasizing that students must adapt how they read and how they study to suit the characteristics of each unique academic discipline. Study and Critical Thinking Skills in College, Student Value Edition, 8/e also encourages students to study and think in ways that match their learning styles and to use technologies (such as online databases and social media) that maximize their productivity.