Instructor's Guide

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Brief Description

0305

Basic Skills

Computer program with textbook supplementary materials. Length of assignment varies. Use basic skills pre and post tests, or assign specific units. Follow-up prescriptions using the computer program and textbooks are included in the assignment.

0304

Comprehension Skills

Uses Book Three level of Topics for the Restless and Selections from the Black. Students work on vocabulary, comprehension, and choosing missing words based on context clues. Testing component included. Three-week lab.

0305

Comprehension Skills

Uses Book Four level of Topics for the Restless and Selections from the Black. Students work on vocabulary, comprehension, and choosing missing words based on context clues. Testing component included. Three-week lab.

0304

Critical Reading Skills

Uses Disasters!, Phenomena, Eccentrics and Heroes. Students work on finding the main idea, recalling facts, making inferences, and using words precisely. Testing component included. Three-week lab.

0304

Note taking

Uses Dartmouth internet video and activities in The Confident Student. One-week lab.

0305

Note taking

Uses Dartmouth internet video, activities in How To Study In College and The Confident Student. Two-week lab.

0304

Time Management

Uses Dartmouth internet video or Tomball Successful Student Powerpoint, weekly schedule (included), activities in The Confident Student, and setting goals worksheet (included). Three-week lab.

0305

Time Management

Uses Dartmouth internet video or Tomball Successful Student Powerpoint, weekly schedule (included), activities in The Confident Student or How To Study In College, and critical thinking and time management worksheet (included). Three-week lab.

0304

Read and Think Critically

Uses Reading and Critical Thinking Book One. Students complete activities concerning context and word meaning, sequence, remembering details, main idea, judging information adequacy, citing evidence, drawing conclusions, predicting outcomes, and facts, probabilities, and opinions. Three-week lab. Students go over answers with English tutor, so availability may be limited based on access to tutors. Check with Lead Tutor.

0305

Read and Think Critically

Uses Reading and Critical Thinking Book Two. Students complete activities concerning context and word meaning, sequence, remembering details, main idea, judging information adequacy, citing evidence, drawing conclusions, predicting outcomes, and facts, probabilities, and opinions. Three-week lab. Students go over answers with English tutor, so availability may be limited based on access to tutors. Check with Lead Tutor.