Reading Critical reading skills, retaining information, skills for outlining In class reading is different from homework reading. When students read during class they can integrate what they read into the material being covered that day, and they can do this immediately.
Immediate application improves students retaining the knowledge.
Reading during class time provides students who prefer to learn individually and quietly a break from the day. Ideas Have students complete outlines on what they read. Have students write down everything they remember from the reading as soon as they are done until they feel they can't remember anything more. Then use this as these notes as the base for their notes on the information or concept being presented. Then try doing this under time constraints where one students keeps time for all the others.