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Reading strategies and textbook reading resources for subject areas/courses:
Works Cited
Reading strategies and textbook reading resources for subject areas/courses:
Business, Technology & Industry
Health Science
Liberal Arts
Science & Mathematics
Accounting:
Enhancing Student Learning: an Examination of the Student Use of Textbooks In Financial Accounting
American Journal of Business Education
Engineering:
How Engineering Students Use Their Textbooks
Engineering.com
General Reading Strategies for Textbook Reading in these Subject Areas/Courses:
Read slowly
Pay attention to technical vocabulary
Focus on process (how things work and how things get done)
Think about technology and ethic
Consider ethical decision making and social responsibility
Use visualization
Developmental Reading and Nursing Program Partnerships: Helping Students Succeed in Reading-Intensive Coursework
NADE Digest
Nursing Instructors Must Also Teach Reading and Study Skills
Reading Improvement (journal)
General Reading Strategies for Textbook Reading in these Subject Areas/Courses:
Learn necessary terminology
Learn the basics about human body systems
Read critically
Sociology:
Text Selection and Course Design: Faculty Perspectives on Critical Reading and Critical Thinking
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Psychology:
The Use of Learning Journals to Foster Textbook Reading in the Community College Psychology Class
College Student Journal
Languages and Communication:
Analyzing Languages and Communication Textbooksin the Context of Achieving Competence: Student as a Critical Thinker
International Journal of Instruction
General Reading Strategies for Textbook Reading in these Subject Areas/Courses:
Pay attention to language, terminology and processes
Understand explanations and theories
Focus on the significance of events, both current and historical
Look for supporting evidence
Make comparisons and connections
Analyze motivations
Consider political organizations
Be alert for bias
Sort facts from opinions
Make practical applications
Be alert to cultural differences
Think critically
Science:
Using Textbooks for Meaningful Learning in Science
National Association for Research in Science Teaching
Readability, Logodiversity, and the Effectiveness of College Science Textbooks
Bioscene
Reading Techniques Help Students Master Science
Scientific American
Math:
How to Read a Math Textbook
Macalester College
Sense-making Practices of Expert and Novice Readers
Curriculum and Related Factors (journal)
Tony's Story: Reading Mathematics Through Problem Solving
Conference Proceedings from the National Institute of Education, Singapore
Tips for Reading Math Textbooks
Learning Center, University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill
General Reading Strategies for Textbook Reading in these Subject Areas/Courses:
Understand general guidelines for learning mathematics
Expect mathematics to be sequential
Expect gradual understanding
Expect to encounter and learn new terminology and symbols
Invest time in rereading and re-solving
Use diagramming and drawing
Focus on concepts and procedures
Rely on previously learned processes
Adopt a scientific mindset
Focus on cause and effect and process
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