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Kerr, Mary Margaret; Frese, Kristen M. – College Teaching, 2017
Despite instructors' belief that class readings are integral to the learning process, only 20-30% of undergraduate students complete required readings. Failure to complete course reading has been associated with declines in exam and research performance. This article first offers a brief review of the literature on why students do not complete…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Undergraduate Students, Content Area Reading, Reading Motivation
Hsu, Jeng-yih Tim – Online Submission, 2004
Teachers are given too much power in a reading classroom. We choose the texts, design the course syllabuses, and put up a written exam after another written exam. However, we cannot stop our students from becoming book haters as soon as they leave our classroom. By implementing literature circles, we teachers might return the power back to our…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Empowerment, Reading Instruction, Foreign Countries