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Ask
Skills Center staff for the resource you would
like to work in when you visit the Skills Center.
(All Programs in this section are
reserved for students in Reading courses
only)
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| TITLE |
DESCRIPTION |
| Developing Critical Thinking
Skills |
Develops vocabulary, comprehension, text description,
and puzzle-solving activities. Student reads short
passages and answers questions based on the reading.
Especially good for pre-transfer levels. |
Good Thinking Skills
|
Develops basic critical thinking skills in a
graphics-intensive format. Students answer questions
based on given explanations. Uses motivational statements
to encourage users. |
Reading Critically –
Non-fiction
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Students read a passage and answer questions
on vocabulary and comprehension. Student writes one-sentence
answers and compares them with suggested answers.
Two levels. |
| Reading and Reasoning |
Develops critical reading skills with reading
comprehension exercises that help students recognize
the numerous fallacies that they will encounter in
their daily reading. |
| Survivors |
Testimonials of the Holocaust. Multimedia format. |
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| Inspiration |
Visual diagramming program that allows users
to organize ideas in outline form using concept maps.
Good for analyzing relationship between ideas in
reading, improving comprehension and critical reading
ability. |
| Inspiration Tutorial:
PowerPoint presentation
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Introduces viewers to basic uses and functions
of Inspiration software. |
| Jamestown |
Program focuses on Reading and Comprehension
skills. Can be used for student placement. Tests
in the program identify where students need more
instruction. |
QUEUE
|
Program designed to help students improve speed and accuracy in reading. Includes
wide range of readings so students can practice strategies for: Skimming, Making
inferences, recognizing main ideas, and Identifying supporting details. Several
levels of difficulty to choose from. |
| SkillsBank 96 |
Develops reading comprehension in a graphics-intensive
format. |
Ten Steps to Improving
College Reading Skills
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Software supplement to textbook. Provides additional
practice mastery tests for each of the 10 skills
studied in the textbook. Intermediate Level. |
| Ten Steps to Advancing College
Reading Skills |
Software supplement to textbook. Presents additional
practice mastery tests for each of the 10 skills
studied in the textbook. Students are able to hear
the pronunciation of a word. Advanced Level. |
Weaver: Comprehension
and
Vocabulary
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Teaches how to understand and remember what
is read. Provides practice lessons that use a variety
of approaches to ensure mastery of vocabulary words
and comprehension skills. |
Weaver: Listen and Learn
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Develops effective listening skills which lead
to academic success. |
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| Ultimate Speed Reader |
Improves user’s reading rate through exercises and games. Includes comprehension
tests. |
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Higher Scores on SAT,
ACT, PSAT
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Develops knowledge, skills, and test-wiseness applicable in many different testing
situations. Provides specific training for taking these three tests. |
| Learning Styles Inventory |
Assesses individual students’ or whole class’s preferred learning
and study styles (9 categories). Recommends optimum teaching strategies to play
to that student’s or class’s strengths. Shows results in graph format. |
| Study Behavior Inventory |
Program asks students questions about their study time habits and attitudes.
Report based on the student’s responses illustrates areas student can improve
in. |
| Skillsbank5 |
Reviews core basic skills in a variety of subjects
including: Reading; Language Development; Math and
Algebra; Writing; Science, and Informational Skills
such as using reference books. Graphics-intensive
format. Pretests help determine if student needs
more study in that subject. |
