RDG 099 - Advanced Reading Improvement

1. recognize variations in college textbook features to enhance learning;
2. recognize the location and purposes of introductions to textbook chapters and sections;
3. use headings and subheadings to understand the text;
4. recognize the five essential types of sentences in textbook paragraphs;
5. use organizational patterns to understand the connections among headings and among the five essential types of sentences;
6. choose appropriate note-taking methods based on the structure of the material, class expectations, and personal learning styles;
7. summarize important textbook points in margin notes, outlines, or other note-taking methods;
8. recognize rhetorical techniques that can influence their opinions on issues;
9. vary reading strategies for different purposes;
10. choose appropriate critical thinking strategies for different types of tests and assignments;
11. apply study skills strategies, including schemata (background knowledge), effortful and automatic memory encoding, levels of memory, and memory retrieval;
12. practice reading fluency skills such as decoding, vocabulary development, visualizing, predicting, monitoring, and phrasing through 300-600 instructor-assigned pages of supplemental reading;
13. and relate supplemental reading to various academic disciplines, their experiences, and local or world events.