Posts Tagged ‘reading’

Reasons to Read Deeply

Posted Thursday, August 13th, 2009 by Maryellen Weimer

Many of our students don’t read well. They read slowly, struggle with the vocabulary and retain little. They need stronger reading skills—to succeed in college and in life. We need to encourage them to read deeply, to read for understanding and retention, but how do we do that? Roberts and Roberts suggest six ways to entice students to read at deeper levels.