ACAD 169: College Reading Strategies (online)
Cooperative Academic Partnership Program (CAPP)
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Summer I (June 13 – July 8, 2016)
Instructor:
Office:
Phone:
Email:
Kari Jaeckel-Rodríguez, M.A., M.Ed.
Nursing/Education 201D
920.424.3425 (office) 847.830.2254 (cell)
jaeckelk@uwosh.edu
Required Materials
MyReadingLab -- Standalone access kit (available at the bookstore or at
http://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/myreadinglab/)
Course Description
Success in college is in large part determined by how well students read, process,
and remember information. This course has been designed to offer opportunities
to improve skills essential to meaningful study of academic texts.
Course Objectives
Upon completion, students will
Comprehension
 explain and effectively use active reading strategies
 identify causes and remedies for poor comprehension
 read critically to make inferences and select author’s purpose and bias
 adeptly identify topic and main idea
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recognize habits that hinder fluent reading and use corrective measures to
break these habits
identify factors that help readers select an appropriate rate and reading
technique
utilize flexible reading rates that include proficiency in textbook and study
reading with college-level materials
increase rapid reading rate using material suitable for college students
Vocabulary
 explain and use diverse strategies for unlocking the meaning of unfamiliar
words
 understand the advantage in looking up words while working with them in
context
 have added a few new words to their active or passive vocabularies
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Grading
Grades will result from an accumulation of points. Total earned points will be divided by
total possible points to produce a final percentage and letter grade:
Percentages Grade
93%-100%
A
90%-92%
A87%-89%
B+
83%-86%
B
80%-82%
B77%-79%
C+
73%-76%
C
70%-72%
C67%-69%
D+
63%-66%
D
60%-62%
DBelow 60%
F
Points are earned in the following areas:
1. Graded Activities
All activities are professional communication with your instructor. Due dates are listed on the
timeline of this syllabus; however, all activities with the exception of the MyReadingLab Reading
Level readings can be completed in advance.
There are two types of activities:
A. Response assignments accessed through the course activities and submitted on D2L.
(310 points, 58 % of grade)
B. My Reading Lab (MRL)
MyReadingLab is an interactive workbook. Directions for completion are listed with
course activities. (170 points, 32% of grade)
2. Final Exam (50 points, 10 % of grade)
Your progress with class content will be assessed through a cumulative exam that will be
completed as the last activity.
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Schedule/Course Organization:
The class is organized into an introduction, three units, and a final. Work for this course can be
completed on time or in advance.
You are FREE TO WORK AHEAD on all assignments, provided you complete them in the
order they are assigned. Assignments not completed by their due date will incur a late penalty.
No assignments/exams will be accepted after 8 a.m., Friday, July 8th.
Total work for this course should take between 20-40 hours and you have up to four weeks.
**Online learning success tip: Plan to work in advance of the due dates so that you have time
to correspond with me, should you have any questions. While I occasionally check email on
evenings and weekends, communication will be more prompt M-F, 8-4.
Day(s)
Topic/Agenda Item
June 6-10
Class opens--ok to begin work
June 6-17
Introduction
(official start day
is the 13th)
Due no later than:
All assignments and MRL modules can be
completed in advance; MRL Reading
Levels must be completed during
indicated date range.
Wednesday, 6/15, 8 a.m.
A. Assignment #1: Where are you now
B. MyReadingLab (MRL)
Assessments: Learning Path Builder and
Reading Level diagnostic
June 20-24
Unit 1: Habits of Effective Readers
Tuesday, 6/21, 8 a.m.
A. Activity Set #2: Habits of Effective
Readers
B. MRL Learning Path Chapters:
--Active Reading
--Reading Textbooks
--Summarizing and paraphrasing
---Notetaking and Highlighting
--Graphics and Visuals
C. MRL Reading Level reading #1
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June 27 –
July 1
Unit 2: Getting what you need from your
reading
Friday, 7/1, 8 a.m.
A. Activity Set #3: Comprehension
Strategies--Getting What You Need From
Your Reading
B. MRL Learning Path Chapters:
--Vocabulary
--Stated Main Idea
--Implied Main Idea
--Supporting Details
--Nine Patterns of Organization
--Outlining and Mapping
C. MRL Reading Level reading #2
July 4-8
Unit 3: Critical Reading
Wednesday, 7/6, 8 a.m.
A. Assignment #4: Critical Reading
B. MRL Learning Path Chapters:
--Purpose and Tone
--Inference
C. MRL Reading Level reading #3
July 6-8
Final Exam
Final exam due by Friday, 7/8, 8 a.m. No
late work accepted.
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