Instructors engaging with the following resource will discover a variety of pre-reading …
Instructors engaging with the following resource will discover a variety of pre-reading strategies for enhancing their students’ reading comprehension. The resource emphasizes the importance of activating students’ schemata, or prior learning, as a foundation for comprehending new material. Techniques like guided anticipation utilize thought-provoking yes/no statements to initiate conceptual learning, while cloze exercises actively engage students with filling in missing words based on their existing vocabulary. “Writing in the Round” is presented as a collaborative activity fostering an exchange of diverse views, while free writing encourages students to draw upon their memory for a creative exploration of related concepts. By the end of this resource, instructors will discover adaptable strategies applicable to various grade levels and subject areas, providing a comprehensive toolkit for promoting active reading and comprehension among their students.
Author: Sharon Haigler Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder Supervisor: Terri Pantuso
This textbook is aligned with the British Columbia Adult Basic Education learning …
This textbook is aligned with the British Columbia Adult Basic Education learning outcomes for Mathematics: Intermediate Level Algebra. The textbook introduces the fundamental concepts of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry while addressing the needs of students with diverse backgrounds and learning styles. Each topic builds upon previously developed material to demonstrate the cohesiveness and structure of mathematics.
English faculty from West Texas A&M University, Amarillo College, Texas A&M University …
English faculty from West Texas A&M University, Amarillo College, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, and Texas A&M University - Galveston teamed up to create this open access resource: College Reading and Writing Foundations. This textbook was primarily created for integrated reading and writing courses but serves as a great refresher or supplement for anyone in college.
NOTE: This is a beta version of College Reading & Writing Foundations being piloted for assessment and revision in Spring 2022. Content will be revised and added throughout 2022, with the final version available December 2022.
Basic Reading and Writing Text. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution …
Basic Reading and Writing Text. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.The Word on College Reading and Writing. Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial.Collin College Logo. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This short, interactive tutorial introduces student researchers to lateral readings, going upstream, …
This short, interactive tutorial introduces student researchers to lateral readings, going upstream, and fact-checking as strategies for evaluating online information. After watching a video about lateral reading, students apply what they've learned by evaluating an example publication with an outside source. The tutorial also includes the "4 Moves & a Habit" framework for fact-checking specific claims.
This course teaches critical thinking, reading, and writing skills across the curriculum …
This course teaches critical thinking, reading, and writing skills across the curriculum through the amalgamation of History 1302 (1865-present) with Integrated Reading and Writing (INRW 0315), emphasizing the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the Civil War/Reconstruction era to the present. The developmental INRW 0315 corequisite course focuses on applying critical reading skills for organizing, analyzing, and developing written work appropriate to the audience, purpose, situation, and length of the assignment in the historical context of HIST 1302.
This book contains nine short stories about people and places of Portland, …
This book contains nine short stories about people and places of Portland, Oregon written for beginner students of English (lexile range of 300-500). Each story has approximately 150-250 words. It is formatted as a picture book with approximately 1-3 sentences per illustration. Each story is accompanied by a set of self-correcting comprehension questions and a speaking prompt.
Upon successful completion of this assignment, students will - prepare for reading …
Upon successful completion of this assignment, students will - prepare for reading a text by analyzing its title through the 5W1H (Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How) questioning technique.
Author: Christopher Manes Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder Supervisor: Terri Pantuso
Reading and Writing in College is an open-source textbook designed to support …
Reading and Writing in College is an open-source textbook designed to support the work of undergraduate writers enrolled in composition courses -- with special emphasis placed on reading and study skills to help today's college writer. Although many of the topics addressed in these digital pages are written with first- and second-year students in mind, the content remains relevant for writers at any stage of writerly development.
VALUE rubrics are open educational resources (OER) that enable educators to assess …
VALUE rubrics are open educational resources (OER) that enable educators to assess students’ original work. AAC&U offers a proven methodology for applying the VALUE rubrics to evaluate student performance reliably and verifiably across 16 broad, cross-cutting learning outcomes.
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