Learning Vital Reading Strategies
A Workbook for Students
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Teaching, Teaching Methods
| Author: | Amelia Leighton Gamel | ISBN: | 9781475822243 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Publication: | December 3, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Amelia Leighton Gamel |
| ISBN: | 9781475822243 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publication: | December 3, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Language: | English |
Learning Vital Reading Strategies: A Workbook for Students is a workbook that supplements the instruction offered in Help! My College Students Can’t Read: Teaching Vital Reading Strategies in the Content Areas (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). The workbook focuses specifically on ready-made activities to help students learn vital reading strategies that are applicable to all academic texts.
- Staying engaged with academic content material
- Developing purposes for reading
- Making reading predictions
- Evaluating textual information
- Drawing inferences
- Developing higher-level questions
- Making connections to prior knowledge
- Creating visuals to enhance comprehension
- Navigating difficult or unfamiliar vocabulary
Special features include “Point to Ponder” critical thinking prompts, practice texts from a range of academic disciplines, and “Professional Spotlight” interviews focusing on field-specific reading demands and the importance of strong reading skills in real-world professions
Learning Vital Reading Strategies: A Workbook for Students is a workbook that supplements the instruction offered in Help! My College Students Can’t Read: Teaching Vital Reading Strategies in the Content Areas (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). The workbook focuses specifically on ready-made activities to help students learn vital reading strategies that are applicable to all academic texts.
- Staying engaged with academic content material
- Developing purposes for reading
- Making reading predictions
- Evaluating textual information
- Drawing inferences
- Developing higher-level questions
- Making connections to prior knowledge
- Creating visuals to enhance comprehension
- Navigating difficult or unfamiliar vocabulary
Special features include “Point to Ponder” critical thinking prompts, practice texts from a range of academic disciplines, and “Professional Spotlight” interviews focusing on field-specific reading demands and the importance of strong reading skills in real-world professions
