Pretending to explain your reading material to a fellow classmate helps you to

Test: Unit V Assessment
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Question 1
1. If you are going to use a text extensively throughout the semester, it is useful to start by reading the:

set assignments.

frontmatter.

syllabus.

index.

Question 2
1. Forming mental images to ensure that you can recall material is a technique called:

visualization.

overlearning.

rehearsal.

acrostics.

Question 3
1. Acronyms and acrostics are examples of:

mnemonics.

methods of loci.

memory styles.

visualization techniques.

Question 4
1. Pretending to explain your reading material to a fellow classmate helps you to:

recognize flaws in an argument.

identify weak spots in your understanding of the material.

prioritize the ideas in the material.

personalize the ideas and themes.

Question 5
1. __________ is the length of time that a person usually is able to sustain attention.

Comprehension rate

Attention span

Reading span

Per-page ability

Question 6

1. The following reference citation for a book has not been correctly formatted in APA style. Which part of the reference citation should be corrected? Feldman, R. S. 2014. P.O.W.E.R. learning and your life: Essentials of student success (2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

(2014).

P.O.W.E.R. Learning and Your Life: Essentials of Student Success

(2nd edition)

Feldman, Robert S.,

7 points

Question 7

1. Which of the following is a correctly-formatted example of an in-text citation in APA style?

Feldman “2014”

Robert F., 2014

(Feldman, 2014)

(Feldman) 2014

7 points

Question 8

1. The following in-text citation for a book has not been correctly formatted in APA style. Which of the following choices corrects an error in APA format? (Hint: formatting a quotation) Feldman (2014) says, “Rehearsal is the key strategy in remembering information (p. 120).”

(Feldman, 2014) says,

“Feldman (2014) says,

(120)

remembering information” (p. 120).

7 points

Question 9

1. Which of the following is a correctly-formatted example of a reference citation (a reference one would find on a References page) in APA style? (In this case, the reference is a book.)

Feldman, R. S. (2014). P.O.W.E.R. learning and your life: Essentials of student success (2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Feldman, R. S. (2014). P.O.W.E.R. Learning and Your Life: Essentials of Student Success (2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Feldman. 2014. P.O.W.E.R. learning and your life: Essentials of student success (2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Feldman, R. S. (2014). P.O.W.E.R. learning and your life: Essentials of student success (Second edition). McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

7 points

Question 10

1. The following in-text citation for a book has not been correctly formatted in APA style. Which part of the in-text citation should be corrected? (According to Feldman, 2014), fast readers are not necessarily great readers.

(According to Feldman—2014),

According to Feldman (2014),

According to Feldman, R. (2014),

According to “Feldman, 2014,”