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Link #
5: ON-LINE
READING TUTORIALS
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Cerritos
College Reading and Study Skills
@ http://www3.cerritos.edu/reading
This site begins with a reading
inventory designed to help students determine their strengths
and weaknesses in reading comprehension. The follow-up tutorials
include vocabulary in context, the main
idea, the topic sentence, implied main ideas, supporting details,
recognizing transitions, recognizing patterns of organization, and
recognizing inferences.
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Constructing
Meaning Through Reading
@ www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7420
This is one of the Web's largest, most impressive collections of
reading tutorials. Students are taught to Construct
Meaning through numerous reading-related
links such as vocabulary (focus on
prefixes & roots), critical reading, dictionaries, research sites,
book reviews, books-on-line, reading journals, and more! Students can
also post book reviews here.
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NovaNET
@ http://www.nn.com
NovaNet, a computer-based learning system developed by the
University of Illinois Educational Research Lab, offers an extensive
on-line library of interactive instructional courseware designed
specifically for adult learners. Curriculum offerings include basic
skills such as reading, writing, study skills and math. Web
technologies such as on-line testing, discussion forums, real-time
chat, and e-mail are integrated into the curriculum. Access to
the 10,000+ lesson database requires a costly subscription.
However, many tutorials are available for free at this NovaNet
website.
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PLAN
Instruction
@ http://www.schooledu.swt.edu/Dev.ed/PLAN/PLAN_teach.frames
At this site, David Caverly and Cynthia Peterson present their
rationale for a "Constructivist Approach to College Developmental
Reading." One practical application of this approach is a textbook
reading strategy called P.L.A.N. Students who visit this site
are presented P.L.A.N.'s four steps to reading informational text.
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Purdue
University Liberal Arts Learning Center
@ http://www.sla.purdue.edu/studentserv/learningcenter
Purdue's Learning Center provides numerous handouts
on a variety of reading-related skills including: time
management, memory, lecture notetaking, problem solving, reading
speed, SQ3R, and test taking. A listing of "Academic
Help" resources in the areas of study skills, ESL, math, writing,
and reading are also available here.
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