It expands the students learning strengths and is recommended for students who have experienced difficulty in reading. This course is for students who must sharpen their reading skills in order to succeed in technical and general studies programs. It includes extensive practice in applying the skills to everyday situations. This course is for students who want to improve reading strategies in order to succeed with college level reading. Course content includes literal and critical comprehension, effective textbook reading skills, and vocabulary development.
Emphasis is on extracting, understanding, and remembering information from content area textbooks.
This course is for students who need experience critically analyzing verbal problems. Students gain this knowledge and practice through a series of complex reading exercises. The content material is taken from the humanities, social sciences, math, science, business, computer technology, and other technical areas. Emphasis is on illustrating how students must use the cognitive approach in learning skills. This course is for students who already read and comprehend well but need to develop greater flexibility in adapting reading rate to purpose.