Chapter 5Copyright 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company - All Rights Reserved 1 Navigating Your Future: Principles for Student Success Chapter Five Reading Skills Navigating Your Future: Principles for Student Success By James G. Beierlein & Barbara K. Wade Chapter Five Reading Skills

Chapter 5Copyright 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company - All Rights Reserved 2 Why Reading Matters Estimated that 35-45% of chances for graduation depend on your reading skills 50% of exam material comes from outside readings College readings are more difficult College reading assignments are bigger, 600 to 750 pages per course are normal Estimated that 35-45% of chances for graduation depend on your reading skills 50% of exam material comes from outside readings College readings are more difficult College reading assignments are bigger, 600 to 750 pages per course are normal

Chapter 5Copyright 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company - All Rights Reserved 3 Why You Should Improve Your Reading Skills Better reading skills build your reading comprehension Better reading skills make it easier for you to work at all the levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy when you read This results in better answers to tests and papers You become an Active Reader Better reading skills build your reading comprehension Better reading skills make it easier for you to work at all the levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy when you read This results in better answers to tests and papers You become an Active Reader

Chapter 5Copyright 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company - All Rights Reserved 4 The Role of Evaluation Professors give outside readings to improve student understanding of the material They expect to see the influence of these outside readings in papers and tests Formative Evaluation - Done while doing an activity. The goal is improvement Summative Evaluation - Done at the end of an activity. The goal is assessment Students need to do both when reading Professors give outside readings to improve student understanding of the material They expect to see the influence of these outside readings in papers and tests Formative Evaluation - Done while doing an activity. The goal is improvement Summative Evaluation - Done at the end of an activity. The goal is assessment Students need to do both when reading

Chapter 5Copyright 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company - All Rights Reserved 5 Developing Your Metacognition Skills Metacognition = How you think Good metacognition skills make you an efficient reader Four prerequisites to metacognition skills are: good language skills, open- mindedness, focus, and devoting sufficient time & energy to your reading/learning Metacognition = How you think Good metacognition skills make you an efficient reader Four prerequisites to metacognition skills are: good language skills, open- mindedness, focus, and devoting sufficient time & energy to your reading/learning

Chapter 5Copyright 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company - All Rights Reserved 6 Recognizing Organizational Patterns When You Read Enumeration - Listings Time Order - Listing by when they occurred Cause & Effect - How one thing caused another Compare & Contrast - Explain how items are the same and different Enumeration - Listings Time Order - Listing by when they occurred Cause & Effect - How one thing caused another Compare & Contrast - Explain how items are the same and different

Chapter 5Copyright 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company - All Rights Reserved 7 Recognizing Organizational Patterns External Organization - The visual presentation of the material (the physical layout of the book) Internal Organization - The point of view the author (eyewitness, advocate, analyst, and so on) uses to present the material External Organization - The visual presentation of the material (the physical layout of the book) Internal Organization - The point of view the author (eyewitness, advocate, analyst, and so on) uses to present the material

Chapter 5Copyright 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company - All Rights Reserved 8 Comprehension Skill Tips Before You Start to Read Know the purpose of a reading Skim assignment to understand the external organization of the assignment Read summary paragraphs first Identify key learning points first Read end of chapter study questions first Know the purpose of a reading Skim assignment to understand the external organization of the assignment Read summary paragraphs first Identify key learning points first Read end of chapter study questions first

Chapter 5Copyright 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company - All Rights Reserved 9 Comprehension Skill Tips While You Are Reading Look for major headings and subheadings Look at the first few lines of each section for main ideas Briefly outline what you read Read with a dictionary Look for bold printed items Focus Periodically predict what is coming next Look for major headings and subheadings Look at the first few lines of each section for main ideas Briefly outline what you read Read with a dictionary Look for bold printed items Focus Periodically predict what is coming next

Chapter 5Copyright 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company - All Rights Reserved 10 Comprehension Skill Tips After You Have Read Review to see if you have answers to all questions formulated earlier Explain what you read to others Review to see if you have answers to all questions formulated earlier Explain what you read to others

Chapter 5Copyright 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company - All Rights Reserved 11 Comprehension Strategies Summarization Mental Imagery Story Grammar Mnemonic Imagery Question Generation Prior Knowledge Activation Summarization Mental Imagery Story Grammar Mnemonic Imagery Question Generation Prior Knowledge Activation