Reading-Skill Topic Review Materials and Activities
After you click a topic on the Reading Skill tab (in the Study Plan), the MyLab displays
the topic's Review Materials
and Activities. There are four components:
- Overview: The
overview provides a summary of the skills you will be using in this topic and their purpose. For example, the exercise may focus on rehearsing
or repeating information in order to make it easier to remember.
- Model: The model
introduces and describes techniques, such as the rehearsal techniques
of outlining and summarizing. The model may also provide some examples
of using the techniques, such as using words to create an outline or images
to create a conceptual map.
- Practice: These
questions give you an opportunity to try the techniques on your own but
without grades. A Practice set presents you with conceptual text, and you answer questions about the text. The MyLab lets you know immediately whether you entered the correct or incorrect answer. For an incorrect answer, the MyLab also shows you the correct answer. Any asterisks (*) indicate Practice sets that are required by your instructor.
- Test: Tests are similar to Practice sets except your answers will be graded. Also, you do not find out whether an answer is right or wrong until you complete the test. When your instructor is requiring that you complete Test sets, the MyLab marks them with an asterisk (*).
In addition to requiring Tests, your instructor may also require that you complete or master the Practice sets before you have access to the Tests. How this requirement is defined is up to your instructor. It can be based on the completion of a set number of Practice sets or it can be based on mastery of the Practice sets.
See also:
Work Through a Reading-Skill Topic | The Study Plan