Learning Vital Reading Strategies

A Workbook for Students

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Teaching, Teaching Methods
Cover of the book Learning Vital Reading Strategies by Amelia Leighton Gamel, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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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.

  1. Staying engaged with academic content material
  2. Developing purposes for reading
  3. Making reading predictions
  4. Evaluating textual information
  5. Drawing inferences
  6. Developing higher-level questions
  7. Making connections to prior knowledge
  8. Creating visuals to enhance comprehension
  9. 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

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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.

  1. Staying engaged with academic content material
  2. Developing purposes for reading
  3. Making reading predictions
  4. Evaluating textual information
  5. Drawing inferences
  6. Developing higher-level questions
  7. Making connections to prior knowledge
  8. Creating visuals to enhance comprehension
  9. 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

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