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Reading Coordinator |
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Reading is a thinking
skill; a learned series of behaviors that improve with continued practice.
Attending college means that heavy and/or intense reading will be required
at a more rapid pace than most students have ever experienced in primary
or secondary education. Higher education puts specific reading
demands on students. A college student is likely to read 200 pages
of text each week. Being able to comprehend, apply, synthesize,
evaluate... and remember all the
information in these weekly assignments are essential to success in
college.
The successful college
student reads actively: approaches the text with expectations and purpose;
searches out important ideas and recognizes their supporting details; uses
the text's organizational patterns to make connections between ideas and
events
across sections and chapters; and connects the new information to what is
already known. College reading is much more than just retelling or
summarizing.
A
serious student must have time to read. Without meaningful blocks of time, quiet,
focused time, not much of anything offered in the courses below or the
links which follow, will be of any use. Reading takes time.
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I teach RD 095 and RD 099
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RD 095 is the
first in a sequence of courses designed to develop reading skills. The
emphasis is on improving basic abilities to read and understand paragraphs.
Skills include reading main ideas and supporting details, recognizing
patterns of organization, reading for inference, and developing strategies
for word attack and for building vocabulary.
RD 099 is the second
in a sequence of courses designed to develop reading skills. The emphasis is
on improving the abilities to read and understand college textbooks. Skills
include study skills, dictionary use, context clues, note-taking techniques,
test taking, and listening skills. Recommended for native speakers of
English
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I also teach RD 120 |
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The emphasis is
on the transfer and practical application of previously learned
reading and study skills to print and visual materials commonly
assigned in college course work. Materials selected will be
field-specific and will focus on such skills as recognizing
organizational patterns, main ideas and support, use of textbook
aids, reasoning patterns, systems for reading and lecture
note-taking, and content-specific methodology. Recommended as an
option for students enrolled in entry-level college courses. |
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