I call reading the "Invisible Curriculum". It's part of everyone's college courses, but no one wants to address this directly. This is similar to study strategies. So when I developed the howtostudy site (http://www.howtostudy.org), I organized half the site by discipline area, eg. howtostudy math, howtostudy chemistry. Students may not be willing to say that they don't have good study strategies, but they will say that they can't do biology! This may be the same for reading. As a matter of fact, under the heading of howtostudy Biology, is a handout on how to read Biology.
Maybe as Barbara says we should start talking about IAP (Information Acquisition Processing) and do this by discipline area!
Lucy
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Subject: Re: Reading tutoring
Isn't it an interesting issue that students will freely admit that they
are not good at math or are not good writers, but have difficulty
admitting they do not know how to read critically or efficiently?
We sometimes have referrals from various departments for students who
believe they have test taking problems. In our consultations, we also
find the real problem may be at the beginning of the information
acquisition process(reading.)
Barbara
Barbara L.S. Kirkwood
Associate Director for Group Academic Support
CASA - Center for Academic Support and Advancement
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
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>>> Nic Voge <[log in to unmask]> 1/8/2009 6:33 PM >>>
Hello Tamara,
I do a lot of work in this area myself with students. I don't refer to
my work with students as "tutoring", but rather as "individual
consultations". Students can seek out an individual consultation for
any number of reasons, including, of course, reading. I can tell you
that many of the sessions that I have that end up focusing on reading,
do not start out having that aim. Often, students present the issue as
time management or in some way course-specific, but upon discussion I
judge it to be connected to reading. Having said that, I don't see
reading as separate from other aspects of what might be called
"academic work". When I work with students explicitly on reading
individually, and when I address the topic in the courses that I
teach, I often address the issue as "information management" or
"reading efficiency". The issue is extremely common, but not fully
understood, I don't think. On this campus, it is not unusual for
students to be assigned 4-7 books (often scholarly books) and a
several hundred page reader (course packet) comprised of scholarly
articles, excerpted book chapters and the like. Though not fully
appreciated, reading multiple texts of a variety of genres for various
purposes requires different knowledges, skills and strategies than
reading textbooks in isolation. So, I am skeptical of students'
statements that you report that the "understand" the material.
According to whose criteria of understanding? And, for many university
courses, understanding is the bare minimum of the kind of knowledge
students are expected to demonstrate about assigned texts. That
students see merely understanding and "getting through the material"
as the aim, may well be a major part of the problem. While I work with
many students on reading, the vast majority of students on campus--
though often struggling with reading expectations and demands--do not
seek me or anyone else out for assistance. So, I'm not sure how you
would get students to use the services you mention. In my program, my
our study strategies mentors will definitely work on reading, and I
believe the writing program tutors work on reading-related issues, but
we do not offer a specifically designated reading tutoring format of
service.
Nic
On Jan 8, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Pratt, Tamara wrote:
> Has any one offered a tutoring session that focused on reading
> effectiveness and wasn't subject specific? What did you call the
> tutoring i.e. Reading tutoring, Reading effectiveness tutoring,
> Accelerated reading tutoring???? Reading skills tutoring ....please
> note, this would not be for developmental reading....
>
> Many of our intense reading courses seem to be high risk (for D, F,
> or W) but when we offer tutoring, students aren't accessing it.
> Those who do, say they understand the material but they just can't
> get through the reading material to do well on the exams. Any
> thoughts?
>
> Please reply to me privately.
>
> Tammy Pratt, Director
> Assessment and Learning Center
> University of Oklahoma
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