RDNG0950 — Strategies for College Reading
RDNG 0950 - Strategies for College Reading RDNG 0950 - Strategies for College Reading Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None Course Description: This course focuses on techniques for reading and studying textbooks in various college courses. Topics include effective learning and critical reading strategies for social sciences, sciences, technology, and the humanities. All students who register for RDNG 0950 also register for STSC 1021 . MnTC Goals None Major Content Reading and Study Systems across Disciplines SQ3R (or its many relatives) Outlining Graphic Organizers Summarizing Note Taking Annotating Vocabulary Learn and apply context clues Learn and apply Latin and Greek prefixes and roots Apply structural analysis to learn word meaning Learn and apply content-specific vocabulary Critical Reading Distinguish fact from opinion Identify denotative and connotative meaning Identify figurative language Identify bias/slant Recognize differences between reports, inferences, and judgments Identify and describe the context for a controversy or issue Identify the major argument or claim in a text Identify purpose, tone, and intent of author Identify and evaluate evidence in support of claims Identify the implications of a course of action or thinking Academic Collaboration Participate in class discussions and activities Present individual and group projects Reflect on reading topics and connect the themes to meaningful context in society Learning
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