Rethinking reading in college : an across-the-curriculum approach /

Argues for more, and more systematic, attention to the role of reading comprehension in college as a necessary step to address inequities in student achievement that otherwise increase over time.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wilner, Arlene Fish, 1950- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Champaign, Illinois : National Council of Teachers of English, [2020]
Subjects:	Reading (Higher education) > United States. Reading comprehension > United States. Academic achievement > United States. Interdisciplinary approach in education > United States.

Table of Contents:

What's the problem?
Close reading and the common core
Reading, fast and slow
Theory to practice : reading in first-year writing classes
Theory to practice : reading across the curriculum
The ethics of teaching reading
Appendix 1. Facts and fiction : are literary texts a special case?
Appendix 2. Sample reading-support instructions for history
Appendix 3. Sample faculty-workshop exercise responses
Appendix 4. Sample assignments for a first-year course sequence.