Learning Vital Reading Strategies: A Workbook for Students is a workbook that supplements the instruction offered in Help! My College Students Can’t Read: Teaching Vital Reading Strategies in the Content Areas (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). The workbook focuses specifically on ready-made activities to help students learn vital reading strategies that are applicable to all academic texts.
Staying engaged with academic content material
Developing purposes for reading
Making reading predictions
Evaluating textual information
Drawing inferences
Developing higher-level questions
Making connections to prior knowledge
Creating visuals to enhance comprehension
Navigating difficult or unfamiliar vocabulary
Special features include “Point to Ponder” critical thinking prompts, practice texts from a range of academic disciplines, and “Professional Spotlight” interviews focusing on field-specific reading demands and the importance of strong reading skills in real-world professions