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	Reading is one of the most important academic tasks faced by students. Improved reading comprehension enhances understanding of the content, class performance and promotes critical thinking and evaluation. Difficulties in reading comprehension are usually attributable to one or more factors including lack of interest, lack of concentration, and failure to understand how information fits together.
On-Line Help to develop your reading comprehesion skills: How reading in College is different: Cornerstone Reading Your Textbooks Effectively and Efficiently: Many college students discover that there is significantly more to read in college than there was in high school. Advise from Dartmouth. Cerritos College:What's a Main Idea? Understanding Paragraph Organization .	SQ3R: stands Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review. It is a popular technique to sharpen textbook reading skills. Explanation at College Board. Reading Comprehension SQ3R - A STUDY/READING SYSTEM: http://www.ulrc.psu.edu/studyskills/ reading_comprehension.html SQR3R from Study Guides & Strategies Sweet Briar's Academic Resource Center: SQ3R

Reading is one of the most important academic tasks faced by students. Improved reading comprehension enhances understanding of the content, class performance and promotes critical thinking and evaluation. Difficulties in reading comprehension are usually attributable to one or more factors including lack of interest, lack of concentration, and failure to understand how information fits together.

On-Line Help to develop your reading comprehesion skills:

How reading in College is different: Cornerstone
Reading Your Textbooks Effectively and Efficiently: Many college students discover that there is significantly more to read in college than there was in high school. Advise from Dartmouth.
Cerritos College:What's a Main Idea? Understanding Paragraph Organization

SQ3R: stands Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review. It is a popular technique to sharpen textbook reading skills. Explanation at College Board.
Reading Comprehension
SQ3R - A STUDY/READING SYSTEM: http://www.ulrc.psu.edu/studyskills/ reading_comprehension.html
SQR3R from Study Guides & Strategies
Sweet Briar's Academic Resource Center: SQ3R

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