Faculty and students recognize that to succeed in graduate school, the ability to read
efficiently and with comprehension is crucial. Students must be able to process information …

Clausen-Grace and Kelley believe that when it comes to independent reading, the question
is not whether to use it, but rather how we can implement it to get the most benefit for our …

Reading comprehension skill is often assumed by sociology instructors, yet many college
students seem to have marginal reading comprehension skills, which may explain why …

IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING assessment data in my introductory sociology course, I
made a startling and disappointing discovery. For the most part, students simply were not …

The ability to comprehend, discuss, and use disciplinary texts is central to graduate
education. Although techniques for teaching writing have been well-discussed, and even …

A common source of frustration for college instructors is getting their students to read. Since
the 1970s, studies have shown that no more than 30 percent of students complete a reading …

This scholarship of teaching and learning project explores how students read in a first-year
general education class on critical writing and reading. In this article, I offer observations …

In this chapter we'll discuss how you can use the skills you've learned in writ-.. ing
summaries, critiques, and syntheses to compose research papers and re-\ports A research …

Despite the importance of academic reading skills for college success, we seldom teach
them, as we generally presuppose that students already acquired these skills either as part …

If students are to construct their own meaning from social studies text, how can teachers
guide and support this process? First, they need to know the five premises cognitive …