Learning Vital Reading Strategies: A Workbook for Students
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Learning Vital Reading Strategies: A Workbook for Students
By (Author) Amelia Leighton Gamel
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
3rd December 2015
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Educational: First / native language: Reading and writing skills
372.45
Physical Properties
Paperback
54
Width 175mm, Height 7mm, Spine 4mm
685g
Description
Learning Vital Reading Strategies: A Workbook for Students is a workbook that supplements the instruction offered in Help! My College Students Cant 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
Reviews
Gamel shines a light on the troubling status of reading in higher education; many students simply lack the basic reading skills to manage college level work.Learning Vital Reading Strategies: A Workbook for Studentsskillfully delivers pragmatic and user-friendly tools that tackle student reading problems head on. If you teach in higher education and are serious about student success, you need this book. -- Dr. Barry Wolfe, Director, First-Year Experience Peer Mentor Program and Academic Success Program, Albion College
Author Bio
Amelia Leighton Gamel has comprehensive experience in the field of education as a reading specialist, college faculty member and administrator, educational presenter, and public school teacher. In addition to her current position as Lead Faculty for the reading program at Jackson College in Michigan, Amelia also serves as a facilitator for campus-wide reading workshops and classroom demonstrations in all content areas.
