READ110 College Reading Strategies
Department of Language & Literature: Reading
- I. Course Number and Title
- READ110 College Reading Strategies
- II. Number of Credits
- 3 credits
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 2250
- IV. Prerequisites
- Reading Placement test score Level 2, or READ090 (C or better), or permission of the Department of Language and Literature Reading placement test score Level 2 or READ090 (C or better) or department approved assessment or permission of the Department of Language and Literature
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
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- This course is strongly recommended, but not required, for students scoring Level 2 on the College Placement test unless they are eligible for one of the acceleration programs.
- This course is mandatory for students enrolled in READ090 or READ089 who place at Level 2 on the final course assessment test.
- It must be taken the semester immediately following READ090 or READ089.
- Some sections are paired with a content course.
- Transferability determined by the transfer institution.
- All students are permitted to use reader assistive technology.
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- This course teaches the practical application of learned strategies for enhanced comprehension and metacognition while reading across contents. The course also focuses on student active reading ability of college-level texts, the fluency of reading, higher-level vocabulary usage, and the appreciation of reading as a critical thinking process affecting performance across the curriculum.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
Students will:
- Improve reading skills to facilitate comprehension of college level material across the curriculum;
- Demonstrate the ability to apply literacy strategies to improve comprehension while interacting with text, lecture material, and modulating one's cognition; and
- Apply higher-level literacy skills to strategically, effectively, and efficiently use resources for academic tasks.
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Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
- Practice discrete reading skills and close reading of the text while identifying main ideas, supporting details, organizational patterns, author's purpose and tone, inferences, and implied main idea for use as tools to enhance comprehension of college level material.
- Employ active reading strategies, including activating prior knowledge, setting a purpose for reading, predicting outcomes and selecting the most appropriate strategies for the material.
- Apply reading specific techniques, such as various strategic methods to build comprehension, inclusive of utilizing vocabulary in context.
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Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
Use of reader assistive technology is permitted for all assessment methods.
Students will be assessed through the following methods:
- Quizzes and tests
- Satisfactory completion of instructor designated in-class and homework assignments.
- Monitored and assessed learning and metacognitive skills during the reading process though annotation of texts and successful responses to comprehension questions
- Midterm assessment
- Successful completion of Final Exit Exam, which is 60% of final course grade. Students must pass and reach Reading Level 3.
- Reading assignment completion
- Meetings with the instructor throughout the semester to review progress toward course learning outcomes
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Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
Students use textbooks and materials required for paired content course sections, or authentic materials, such as college textbook excerpts, in addition to computer-assisted tutorials, website resources and other open educational resources (OERs). See course syllabus.
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Review/Approval Date - 2/99
Transferred to Language and Literature, Fall 2004; Revised 5/2011; New Core 8/2015; Revised 12/2017; Revised: 5/20/2024