Genesee Course Catalog

Official Course Information

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Reading Courses:

REA101 - Gaining Power in College Reading
Credits: 3 Catalog Description: Introduces literal and critical reading skills essential for successful collegiate level course work. Increases vocabulary and critical thinking skills for comprehending text in all discipline areas. Promotes personal lifelong reading habits. Requires demonstration of ability to read beyond twelfth-grade level, based on standardized measures and class work. This course may be used as a general elective. Successful completion of this course meets the College's reading requirement for graduation. Prerequisite: Completion of REA 091 with a grade of "C" or better, or appropriate placement score. Lecture: 3 hrs. Student Performance Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this class, with a grade of C or higher, students will be able to demonstrate or accomplish the following as demonstrated in pre-tests, post-tests, class tests and quizzes, journals and homework assignments: 1.Identify both stated and implied main ideas and theses in shorter and then longer passages and essays. 2.Practice and explain reading strategies, including but not be limited to SQ3R, skimming/scanning, and annotating, as applicable to content area courses. 3.Create graphic organizers through structural analysis of longer passages in all types of academic reading materials (textbooks, journal articles, Internet and library database articles). 4.Successfully respond to and apply critical reading questions to a wide range of materials. 5.Demonstrate knowledge of the critical thinking and active reading process as it relates to academic reading comprehension by learning to preview, establish a purpose for reading, and using recall strategies in all types of academic reading materials. 6.Make appropriate inferences while reading. 7.Communicate individual reading strengths and monitor and modify strategies to improve attention, concentration, comprehension, retention and recall of college-level reading material. 8.Distinguish opinion from fact. 9.Recognize, organize and generate questions around reading material containing opinions and arguments. 10.Accurately describe author's purpose and tone. 11.Demonstrate ability to paraphrase and summarize. 12.Decode unknown words employing established rules of phonics and syllabication. 13.Determine meaning of unknown words using context clues. 14.Check for correct decoding and meanings of unknown words using traditional or on-line dictionaries. This course objective has been identified as a student learning outcome that must be formally assessed as part of the College's Comprehensive Assessment Plan. All faculties teaching this course must collect the required data (see Assessing Student Learning Outcomes form) and submit the required analysis and documentation at the conclusion of the semester to the Office of Assessment and Special Projects. Content Outline: 1.Developing vocabulary strategies 2.Controlling your reading process 3.Choosing your best reading strategy 4.Critical Reading Questions 5.Recognizing Stated Main Ideas 6.Recognizing Implied Main Ideas 7.Identifying Supporting Details 8.Graphic Organizers 9.Summarizing and paraphrasing 10.Making Inferences 11.Understanding Purpose and Tone 12.Understanding and Evaluating Arguments 13.Reading as a lifelong habit Grading: In order to receive a grade of A, B, or C, a student must achieve a final competency level of 70% or higher. A final grade of F will be assigned for averages below 70%. Effective Term: Fall 2005

REA101 - Gaining Power in College Reading

Credits: 3

Catalog Description: Introduces literal and critical reading skills essential for successful collegiate level course work. Increases vocabulary and critical thinking skills for comprehending text in all discipline areas. Promotes personal lifelong reading habits. Requires demonstration of ability to read beyond twelfth-grade level, based on standardized measures and class work. This course may be used as a general elective. Successful completion of this course meets the College's reading requirement for graduation. Prerequisite: Completion of REA 091 with a grade of "C" or better, or appropriate placement score.

Lecture: 3 hrs.

Student Performance Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this class, with a grade of C or higher, students will be able to demonstrate or accomplish the following as demonstrated in pre-tests, post-tests, class tests and quizzes, journals and homework assignments:

1.Identify both stated and implied main ideas and theses in shorter and then longer passages and essays.

2.*Practice and explain reading strategies, including but not be limited to SQ3R, skimming/scanning, and annotating, as applicable to content area courses.

3.Create graphic organizers through structural analysis of longer passages in all types of academic reading materials (textbooks, journal articles, Internet and library database articles).

4.Successfully respond to and apply critical reading questions to a wide range of materials.

5.Demonstrate knowledge of the critical thinking and active reading process as it relates to academic reading comprehension by learning to preview, establish a purpose for reading, and using recall strategies in all types of academic reading materials.

6.Make appropriate inferences while reading.

7.Communicate individual reading strengths and monitor and modify strategies to improve attention, concentration, comprehension, retention and recall of college-level reading material.

8.Distinguish opinion from fact.

9.Recognize, organize and generate questions around reading material containing opinions and arguments.

10.Accurately describe author's purpose and tone.

11.*Demonstrate ability to paraphrase and summarize.

12.Decode unknown words employing established rules of phonics and syllabication.

13.*Determine meaning of unknown words using context clues.

14.Check for correct decoding and meanings of unknown words using traditional or on-line dictionaries.

*This course objective has been identified as a student learning outcome that must be formally assessed as part of the College's Comprehensive Assessment Plan. All faculties teaching this course must collect the required data (see Assessing Student Learning Outcomes form) and submit the required analysis and documentation at the conclusion of the semester to the Office of Assessment and Special Projects.

Content Outline:
1.Developing vocabulary strategies
2.Controlling your reading process
3.Choosing your best reading strategy
4.Critical Reading Questions
5.Recognizing Stated Main Ideas
6.Recognizing Implied Main Ideas
7.Identifying Supporting Details
8.Graphic Organizers
9.Summarizing and paraphrasing
10.Making Inferences
11.Understanding Purpose and Tone
12.Understanding and Evaluating Arguments
13.Reading as a lifelong habit

Grading:
In order to receive a grade of A, B, or C, a student must achieve a final competency level of 70% or higher. A final grade of F will be assigned for averages below 70%.

Effective Term: Fall 2005