CCOG for RD 90A archive revision 201904
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- Effective Term:
- Fall 2019
- Course Number:
- RD 90A
- Course Title:
- Reading 90A
- Credit Hours:
- 3
- Lecture Hours:
- 0
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 60
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Reading improvement through work on vocabulary development, motor skills, comprehension and reading rate.
Intended Outcomes for the course
- Find and articulate the main idea and major details in a variety of written text: textbooks, literature, newspapers, and magazines.
- Read critically and think critically, distinguishing fact from opinion and determining the author's purpose and bias.
- Use reading for pleasure, learning, and intellectual stimulation.
- Employ vocabulary development strategies.
- Adjust reading rate to the nature of the material.
- Exhibit successful college student behaviors.
- Perform successfully in Reading 115.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Group/Individual assessment may include any of the following:
- conference with instructor
- written summaries / responses
- reading logs / journals / portfolios
- presentations with rating criteria
- take-home exams
- quizzes
- graded homework
- attendance
- projects with rating criteria
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Themes, Concepts, Issues:
- A strong reader understands organization:
- general / specific
- topic / main ides / supporting ideas
- detail
- classification
- comparison / contrast
- cause / effect
- process
- narrative
- argument
- A strong reader commits to ongoing vocabulary development:
- context
- dictionary
- affixes / roots
- sight vocabulary
- A strong reader understands that critical reading and thinking are crucial:
- inference
- author's purpose
- fairness
- bias
- fact / opinion
- A strong reader reads for many purposes:
- pleasure
- knowledge acquisition
- intellectual stimulation
Competencies and Skills:
- Comprehension:
- preview
- highlight
- outline
- skim
- scan
- Vocabulary:
- use context
- use dictionary
- recognize roots and affixes
- increase sight vocabulary
- Higher Order Thinking:
- analyze a problem
- solve a problem
- draw reasonable inferences
- integrate information and ideas
- think holistically
- distinguish fact from opinion
- Work and Career Preparation:
- work productively with others
- organize and use time effectively