How Many of Them Read?

A Metacognitive Approach to Increasing Readership in English 1A and Beyond

1. How Many of the Them Read?: A Metacognitive Approach to Increasing Readership in English 1A and Beyond

2. Deciding on This Topic Commiserated about myriad ways students seemed unprepared for class Reading comprehension voted to top of the list Tried to pinpoint why Concluded students are distracted outside of class & lack reading strategies

3. Student Survey Using Google Forms

4. What Motivates Students to Read? 55% 61% 67% 48% 06% 14% 7% Students respond to accountability measures

5. Reading Preferences

6. Digital links to webpages vs. pdf version Students surveyed in Online English were split down the middle over their preference of hyperlinks to articles vs. pdf versions. Many cited a preference for color, graphics, variations in font as reasons for preferring webpages. Others cited these same factors as distractions and thus preferred pdf versions.

7. Obstacles on the Road to Reading and Comprehension

8. How Many Pages? Consistently underestimate how many pages and how much time they have to read eac h week.

9. Follow up Survey Mostly a chance for them to reflect rather than for us Meta-cognitive Onus on them Leads to success in all their college classes Beyond reading

10. Post Survey Assign Readings Provide and model reading strategies See handout Offer Suggestions for Minimizing Distractions See handout

11. Reintroduce concepts periodically

12. QR Code for Handouts