Lead Presenter
Getting students to read in HE is a perennial and wide-spread issue, and yet, going to university is often described as “reading” for a subject! Wider reading is a prerequisite for achieving a good grade in many disciplines and is viewed as the key to success for top performing students. For example, reading helps students prepare for seminars and enables them to write better essays. So how can we get all students to benefit from reading? Through a combination of theory, practice and trial-and-error, a scaffolded approach to getting students to read has been developed. During this workshop you will learn about this approach and will have opportunity to develop resources to use with your own students. Please come along with a specific text in-mind (journal paper, book section, blog etc.), along with a list of specific points that you want students to glean from the text, and questions you could ask to test their knowledge and understanding of the text. During the workshop we will work together to develop a scaffolded reading assignment that incorporates guided note taking and an online quiz that evaluates student progress. The workshop will be very hands-on, so please be prepared to get stuck in. You will also need tutor-level access to Brightspace.
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