Learning Vital Reading Strategies: A Workbook for Students [Paperback]

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.

Staying engaged with academic content materialDeveloping purposes for readingMaking reading predictionsEvaluating textual informationDrawing inferencesDeveloping higher-level questionsMaking connections to prior knowledgeCreating visuals to enhance comprehensionNavigating 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

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.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 Students skillfully 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

Introduction

1 Active Reading
Reading Strategies