Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 190
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4758-1456-9 • Hardback • March 2015 • $96.00 • (£74.00)
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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.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Active Reading
Modeling Active Reading in the Classroom
The Bottom Line
Toolbox
Putting It to Work
Professional Spotlight Reading Interview
Appendix
2 Determining a Purpose
Getting Students to Buy In
Applying Their New Skills to Reading
Pre-reading Strategies to Determine Purpose
Pause and Sum Up
Making Predictions
Being Savvy Readers
More Help to Stay Engaged
The Bottom Line
Toolbox
Putting It to Work
Professional Spotlight Reading Interview
Appendix
3 Determining What’s Important
Focused Reading Assignments
Intentional Focus
Read, Scan, or Skip?
Annotating a Text
Intentional Reading Demonstration
The Bottom Line
Toolbox
Putting It to Work
Professional Spotlight Reading Interview
Appendix
4 Developing Higher-Level Questions
Using Focus Quadrants to Teach Questioning Strategies
Teaching Students to Apply Questioning Strategies to Reading
The Bottom Line
Toolbox
Putting It to Work
Professional Spotlight Reading Interview
Appendix
5 Making Connections
Using Comparisons to Aid Understanding
Using Learned Information to Understand New Information
Drawing Inferences
Building Background Knowledge
The Bottom Line
Toolbox
Putting It to Work
Professional Spotlight Reading Interview
6 Navigating Unknown Words
Typical Student Default Strategy
Getting Students to Buy In
Vocabulary Resources
Prefixes, Root Words, and Suffixes
Using Familiar Words to Understand Unfamiliar Words
Swapping Words
Context Clues
Vocabulary Prompts
Vocabulary Lists
The Bottom Line
Toolbox
Putting It to Work
Professional Spotlight Reading Interview
Appendix
7 Creating Visuals to Enhance Comprehension and Recall
Getting Instructors to Buy In
Teaching Students to Create Visuals as They Read
The Bottom Line
Toolbox
Putting It to Work
Professional Spotlight Reading Interview
Appendix
8 Keeping It Real
Does Teaching Reading Strategies Really Change Anything?
How Much Time Does It Really Take?
Making the Most of Your Time
The Bottom Line
Professional Spotlight Reading Interview
Appendix
References
Our students today are not only distracted by the same things that distracted us, they are bombarded by a constant stream of information via their technological devices. This coupled with the practice of reading excerpt and information in short bursts rather than entire books, compounds the inability to concentrate and read for meaning. This book contains great suggestions to approach key issues in reading that can be addressed by faculty in any content area. It gives college faculty the tools and strategies to help a generation of digital learners focus and read with purpose.
— Terri Mulkins Manning, Generational Speaker/Trainer, Associate Vice President, Central Piedmont Community College
This unique guidebook needs to be in the hands of every college instructor. The author reminds us that ANY teacher who puts a book in front of a student is a reading teacher. This timely text is a tool kit of practical techniques to engage even the most reluctant reader. The author describes successful approaches to helping college-age students improve their literacy across all subject areas. Many college instructors have little or no training in teaching reading. This book proves that it is never too late for a great start in literacy!
— Kathy Perez, professor emerita, Saint Mary’s College of California, consultant, and author
Watch student reading interviews with author, Amelia Leighton Gamel here.
Check out more about the author on her website: ameliagamel.com