How Can We Support our Students’ Reading Comprehension? – SoTL Working Group Meeting
How do students’ reading practices in elementary and high school influence their reading practices in college? We’ll explore this question together by first hearing from Tim DeLuca (Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences). Tim’s research examines best practices related to improving language and literacy outcomes for children in schools, especially children with developmental language disorder, dyslexia, and/or complex communication needs. Together we will discuss how reading comprehension and its component skills show up for our students in our classrooms and collaborate on the implementation of best practices to support all learners.
If you’d like a little more background on students’ K-12 educational experiences, read one perspective in this Chronicle of Higher Education opinion piece, “Some Assembly Still Required: How K-12 reforms and recent disruptions created Gen Z’s baffling habits.”
Drop in to any meeting; no pre-registration required. Come in person or email Colleen Kuusinen for the event link at @email.
The SoTL Working Group is open to all UMass instructors with an interest in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Find the list of our meetings on the SoTL Working Group page and join the SoTL Working Group Listserv to get meeting reminders and extra notices on upcoming SoTL conferences, calls for proposals, and events.