ERIC Number: EJ998630
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 15
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Getting Students to Read: Anticipation Guides as Tools to Encourage Engagement with Academic Texts
Kaback, Suzanne
AILACTE Journal, v9 p19-33 Fall 2012
Supporting the reading development of college students is the responsibility of all professors. As experts in the field, with experience navigating and interpreting readings in a particular discipline, professors are obligated to think of themselves as master artisans apprenticing their students to the craft of reading. Texts in all subject areas have discipline-specific demands that must be identified, and then taught, as essential building blocks for mastery of a topic's content (Shanahan & Shanahan, 2008). This article explores the role of purpose in guiding readers' comprehension. Specifically, it explains how creating anticipation guides encourages purposeful reading and more intentional teaching. (Contains 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Intentional Learning, Content Area Reading, Reading Habits, Reading Strategies, Learner Engagement, Reader Text Relationship, Teaching Guides, Instructional Design, Teaching Methods, Reading Improvement
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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