The Purposeful Reading Program: Building Literacy for Academic Success Michele Atkins Ann Singleton Union University Jackson, Tennessee Lilly Conference 2013 Oxford, OH

Objectives Interact with various strategies and techniques for increasing comprehension in the stages of pre-reading, reading, and post- reading Utilize various purposeful reading strategies to engage with discipline-specific text Discuss ways to incorporate purposeful reading strategies into his or her curriculum

Background Information University Admissions Requirements: 22 ACT/1020 SAT (combined critical reading and math scores) 2.5 Core GPA Top 50% of High School Class

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Purposeful Reading Warm-up The Event Debrief

Purposeful Reading Warm-up The Event Debrief Brainstorm & Predict Question Click Clunk Read Closely Skim & Posthole Check VocabularyTopic Web Write information in own words using different levels of understanding

Warming Up with HIS 101

Figures and Tables give you an idea of important ideas because they are used to clarify information. Use this information to construct questions. Look for words in bold and italics. Use them to write warm-up questions.

Read the Summary/ Chapter Review. Write more warm-up questions based on the information.

Environment Learning Analyze Human Behavior Cognitivists View Behaviorists View Stages of development Mental processes memory language Problem solving Classical conditioning Observed behavior Environment surrounding child affects learning Operant conditioning

Behaviorists and cognitive psychologists have several viewpoints in common and differ on many others. Both are theories still used today but the cognitive theory is the most popular. Ideas that they have in common include: The person’s environment plays a role in influencing behavior Focus on the study of how people learn Break down a person’s behavior in a situation to discover meaning and change Research should be objective and based on evidence Ways that behaviorists and cognitivists differ: Cognitivists Subcategories include multiple intelligence, brain-based learning, and learner-centered instruction focus on the person as an active participant in the learning process Place emphasis on cognitive processes (memory, language, problem solving), meaning, intentions, emotions, creativity, and stages of human development Behaviorists Explain learning as only observable behavior which makes the person a passive recipient (through stimulus-response with environment) in the learning process Emphasis on changing behavior by reward and punishment systems

Did it Work? Warm-up The Event Debrief

Change in Reading Comprehension SourcedfMSF Sig. Pretest HS Type ACT Category Ethnicity Error Total46 Analysis of Covariance

Predictor Variables PredictorBSEtSig. (Constant) HS Type ACT Category Pretest Ethnicity Multiple Regression Analysis

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