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Supporting Student Reading

Posted on November 4, 2025 by dalkej

These articles give some good ideas for supporting our students with reading:

  • Searching for Wonder: Teaching Literature with Student-Selected Texts by Mary Isbell
  • To get students reading, let them pick the texts by Beckie Supiano
  • How to Move from the ‘Main Idea’ to ‘Background Knowledge’ by Youki Terada (written about young readers but relevant for college students)
  • Assigned Readings: Questions to Ask Yourself by Nicole Donawho
  • How to Use a Course Workload Estimator with Betsy Barre
  • Reading Assignments, Activities, and Approaches to Promote Learning by Maryellen Weimer

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