Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval:
3-28-95 |
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RDG091
1995 Fall – 2009 Fall |
LEC |
3.0 Credit(s) |
3.0 Period(s) |
College
Reading Skills I |
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Designed
to improve basic reading and study skills, vocabulary and comprehension
skills. Recommended to all students whose placement test scores indicate a
need for reading instruction. Prerequisites: Reading placement test
score (ASSET), or grade of "C" or better in RDG081, or permission
of Instructor. |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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RDG091 1995
Fall – 2009 Fall |
College Reading Skills I |
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Apply efficient textbook study strategies. (I) |
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Explain main ideas in single and multi-paragraph readings.
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Explain the relationships of details to the main idea(s)
they support. (III) |
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Apply word meaning strategies. (IV) |
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Draw inferences from reading selections. (V) |
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Utilize patterns as aids to comprehension of single and
multi-paragraph readings. (VI) |
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Integrate information from graphics with text information.
(VII) |
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Vary reading rate. (VIII) |
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Apply skimming and scanning techniques when appropriate.
(IX) |
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Summarize single and multi-paragraph readings. (X) |
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Compare and contrast ideas from several readings. (XI) |
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Competencies
MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
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RDG091 1995
Fall – 2009 Fall |
College Reading Skills I |
I. Efficient textbook study
strategies A. Before reading B. During reading C. After reading II. Main ideas A. Stated B. Implied III. Related details A. Subject development 1. Example 2. Reason 3. Cause-effect 4. Comparison/contrast 5. Enumeration B. Hierarchy 1. Major details 2. Minor details IV. Word meaning strategies
A. Context clues B. Word structure C. Dictionary use V. Inferences in reading
selections VI. Paragraph patterns as
aids to comprehension VII. Graphic information A. Format 1. Maps 2. Charts 3. Tables 4. Graphs B. Process 1. Graphic located 2. Title read and analyzed 3. Graphic examined 4. Information related to
relevant text VIII. Varied reading rate A. According to purpose for
reading B. Based on difficulty of
vocabulary C. Determined by student's
skill ability IX. Reading techniques A. Skimming B. Scanning X. Summarizing A. Single paragraphs B. Multi-paragraph readings
XI. Comparison and contrast
of ideas in varied readings |