Reducing the Volume 

Limit the Amount of Assigned Reading.

 

ü     Assign specific pages with an activity to complete.

ü     Have students to debate the material or complete a group project.

ü     Use graphic organizers.

ü     Use Three Level Study Guides. Prepare a summary for class to read or for students with reading difficulty.

ü      Use programs such as      Live Ink.

                 

 

 

Online Textbooks

 

ü     Student and Instructor friendly.

ü     Sparks interest.

ü     Helpful to all learning styles.

ü     Students with reading difficulty can use programs such as Read and Write Gold.

ü     Quiz and test bank.

ü     Self quizzes for students.

ü     Sections, pages, or concepts easily identified and assigned.

ü     Can be printed.

ü     Interactive graphs and charts.

 

 

 

Use Current Materials

 

ü     Allow students to locate articles from newspapers, magazines and journals.

ü      Great for classes such as science, government and health, since information is updated often.

ü     Increases interest.

ü     Could replace outdated textbook reading.

ü      Prepares middle/high school students for college.

 

 

 - Contributed by Dawn Shaw, LTCY 524

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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