Reading selections are complete works rather than excerpts. Content of reading selections is appropriate for college students. Asking questions Defining terms as used in context Monitoring comprehension Using fix-up strategies when comprehension breaks down Paraphrasing and summarizing author's ideas Relating author's background to reading selection Determining author's purpose and attitude Relating ideas in reading selection to other ideas Evaluating the validity of the author's claims Collaborating with other ideas Comments Good introduction to how to use the Computer.
Program is highly interactive, asking questions and responding to users' answers.
The ideas about thinking are based in behaviorism. This program operates as a dialogue between Computer and user that teachers about the nature of thinking. It doesn't have reading selections.