Welcome to the reading resource website! This site was established by the members of the Quality Implementation Committee for MGCCC faculty to gain knowledge and research-based information for the improvement of reading comprehension at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
| A Game: Nine Steps to Better Grades, The | Sufka, K.
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| Assessing for Learning | Maki, P.
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| Best Practices in College Reading and Learning | Higbee, J., MacDonald, L., Van Blerkom, D., Payne, E., Smilkstein, R.
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| Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement | Marzano, R.
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| Collaborative Learning Techniques | Barkley, E., Cross, K. & Major, C.
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| College Reading and Study Skills | McWhorter, K.
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| College Reading Series (Instructor's Annotated Edition) |
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| Creating Electronic Graphic Organizers | Wolny, P.
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| Critical Reading for College and Beyond | Daiek, D. & Anter, N.
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| Groundwork for College Reading (Instructor's Edition) | Langan, J.
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| Groundwork for College Reading with Phonics (Instructor's Edition) | Broderick, B. & Langan, J.
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| Handbook of College Reading and Study Strategy Research | Flippo, R. & Caverly, D.
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| How to Read a Paragraph: The Art of Close Reading | Paul, R. & Elder, L.
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| Improving Vocabulary Skills (Instructor's Edition) | Nist, S. & Mohr, C.
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| Laughter is a Basic Skill: A Guide to Using the Comics to Teach Basic Reading Skills | Miller, M.
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| Making It Work: College Reading in Context | DiYanni, R.
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| Opening Doors: Understanding College Reading | Cortina, J. & Elder, J.
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| Putting It Together: Basic College Reading in Context | DiYanni, R.
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| Reader's Corner (Instructor's Edition) | Kanar, C.
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| Reader's Handbook: Reading Strategies for College and Everyday Life | Smith, B.
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| Reading and All That Jazz: Tuning Up Your Reading, Thinking, and Study Skills | Mather, P. & McCarthy, R.
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| Skilled Reader (Annotated Instructor's Edition) | Henry, D.
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| Super Teaching | Jensen, E.
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| Teaching Information Literacy: 50 Standards-Based Exercises for College Students | Burkhardt, J. & MacDonald, M.
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| Teaching Nursing Using Concept Maps | Caputi, L. & Black, D.
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| Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators | DeYoung, S.
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| Teaching the Brain to Read: Strategies for Improving Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension | Willis, J.
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| Ten Steps to Advanced Reading (Instructor's Edition) | Langan, J.
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| Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills | Langan, J.
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| Ten Steps to Building College Reading Skills | Langan, J.
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| Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills (4th Edition) | Langan, J.
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| Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills (5th Edition Instructor's Edition) | Langan, J.
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| Tool Box for Reading Strategies: Best Practices (LLS 1423 Workshop) 2011 | Watson, D.
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| Tool Box for Reading Strategies: Best Practices (LLS 1423 Workshop) 2012 | Platt, C.
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| TITLE | AUTHOR |
| Active Reading Procedures for Moderating the Effects of Poor Highlighting | Gier, V., Herring, D., Hudnell, J., Montoya, J., & Kreiner, D. |
| Adult Education Literacy Instruction: A Review of the Research | Kruidenier, J., MacArthur, C. & Wrigley, H. |
| Analytic and Pragmatic Factors in College Students' Metacognitive Reading Strategies | Taraban, R., Kerr, M., & Rynearson, K. |
| Are Nursing Students Engaged in Learning? A Secondary Analysis of Data From the National Survey of Student Engagement | Popkess, A. & McDaniel, A. |
| Assessment and Instruction of Oral Reading Fluency Among Adults with Low Literacy | Mellard, D., Woods, K. & Fall. E. |
| Beliefs About Reading, Metacognitive Reading Strategies and Text Comprehension Among College Students in a Private University | Ilustre, C. |
| Best Practices in Vocabulary Instruction | Blachowicz, C. |
| Can Concept Mapping Be Used to Promote Meaningful Learning in Nurse Education? | Irvine, L. |
| Case for the Sentence in Reading Comprehension | Scott, C. |
| Causation, Counterfactuals, and Critical Reading in the Active Classroom | Ripley, B. |
| Close the Book. Recall. Write it Down | Glenn, D. |
| Closing in on Close Reading | Boyles, N. |
| Cognitive/concept mapping: a teaching strategy for nursing. | All, A. & Havens, R. |
| College Students' Academic Performance and Self-Reports of Comprehension Strategy Use | Taraban, R., Rynearson, K., & Kerr, M. |
| College Students' Beliefs About Comprehension When Reading for Different Purposes | Linderholm, T. & Wilde, A. |
| Community-College Professor Finds Inspiration at Harvard | Gonzalez, J. |
| Concept Mapping: Does it Improve Critical Thinking Ability in Practical Nursing Students? | Maneval, R., Filburn, M., Deringer, S., & Lum, G. |
| Concept Mapping: Evaluating the Language Arts Methods Course | Read, S. |
| Conceptual Framework for Teaching Critical Reading to Adult College Students | Marschall, S. & Davis, C. |
| Connecting Reading and Writing: College Learners' Metacognitive Awareness | El-Hindi, A. |
| Creating Common Ground: Common Reading and the First Year of College | Ferguson, M. |
| Critical Editing and Close Reading in the Undergraduate Classroom | Kelemen, E. |
| CTE Teachers as Content Area Reading Teachers | O'Connor, P. |
| Curmudgeon Leery of Composition Theory | Mahon, R. |
| Defining College Readiness from the Inside Out: First-Generation College Student Perspectives | Byrd, K. & MacDonald, G. |
| Development of Metacognitive Reading Awareness Inventory | Chen, M., Gualberto, P. & Led Tameta, C. |
| Developmental Progression of Referential Resolution in Comprehending Online Texts | Yang, Y. & Hung, Y. |
| Discrepant SAT Critical Reading and Writing Scores: Implications for College Performance | Shaw, E., Mattern, K. & Patterson, B. |
| Distractions, Distractions: Does Instant Messaging Affect College Students' Performance on a Concurrent Reading Comprehension Task? | Fox, A., Rosen, J., & Crawford, M. |
| Dyslexia and Difficulties with Study Skills in Higher Education | Mortimore, T. & Crozier, W. |
| Effect of Concept Mapping on Students' Learning Achievements and Interests | Chiou, C. |
| Effect of Text Format Upon Underachieving First Year College Students' Self-Efficacy for Reading and Subsequent Reading Comprehension | McCabe, P., Kraemer, L., Miller, P., Parmar, R., & Ruscica, M. |
| Effective Study Strategies | Fultz, N. |
| Effects of a Nursing Literature Reading Course on Promoting Critical Thinking in Two-Year Nursing Program Students | Chen,F. & Lin, M. |
| Effects of Discourse Type on Recall | Meyer, B. & Freedle, R. |
| Effects of Diversity Experiences on Critical Thinking Skills: Who Benefits? | Loes, C., Pascarella, E. & Umbach, P. |
| Effects of Reading and Writing Upon Thinking and Learning | McGinley, W. |
| Effects of Wide Reading vs. Repeated Readings on Struggling College Readers' Comprehension Monitoring Skills | Ari, O. |
| Encouraging College Student Success: The Instructional Challenges, Response Strategies, and Study Skills of Contemporary Undergraduates | Kuo, J., Hagle, C. & Miller, M. |
| Enhanced vs. Undifferentiated Text: A Study to Assess the Effects on Readers | Frischknecht, S. & Baker, W. |
| Examination of the Impact of Information-Skills Training on the Academic Work of Health-Studies Students: A Single Case Study | Appleton, L. |
| Expanding the Simple View of Reading in Accounting for Reading Skills in Community College Students | Macaruso, P. & Shankweiler, D. |
| Exploratory Study of Student Perspectives | O'Gara, L., Karp, M. & Hughes, K. |
| Extending Research on the Validity of Brief Reading Comprehension Rate and Level Measures to College Course Success | Williams, R., Skinner, S., & Jaspers, K. |
| Faculty Strategies for Content Reading. | Rutan, I. |
| Feeling Fake in the Classroom | Scheck, A. |
| Flare from the Margins: The Place of Professional Writing in English Departments | Rentz, K. |
| From Active Reading to Reading for Acting: A Case Study of the Transformational Power of Reading | Barden, O. |
| Grading System for Composition Papers | Mahon, R. |
| Harmful Effects of Preexisting Inappropriate Highlighting on Reading Comprehension and Metacognitive Accuracy | Gier, V., Kreiner, D., & Natz-Gonzalez, A. |
| Harvard Report on Reading | Harvard |
| How Prepared Are Students for College Level Reading? Applying a Lexile[R]-Based Approach. Issues & Answers. | Wilkins, C., Hartman, J., Howland, N., & Sharma, N. |
| How to Enhance Reading Comprehension Through Metacognitive Strategies | Cubukcu, F. |
| Ideas in Practice: Supplemental Instruction in Freshman Composition | Hafer, G. |
| Impact of Internet and Television Use on the Reading Habits and Practices of College Students | Mokhtari, K. & Reichard, C. & Gardner, A. |
| Improving Vocabulary and Comprehension Skills of Secondary-Level Students from Diverse Backgrounds | McCollin, M., O'Shea, D. J., & McQuiston, K. |
| Increasing Secondary Reading Comprehension and Reading Proficiency Across Content Areas | Zimmerman, M. |
| Instructional Tools for Nursing Education: Concept Maps. | All, A., Huycke, L., & Fisher, M. |
| Interaction Chain Patterns of Online Text Construction with Lexical Cohesion | Yeh, H., Yang, Y., & Wong, W. |
| Introduction to Faculty Learning Communities | Cox, M. |
| Investigation of the SOAR Study Method | Jairam, D., & Kiewra, K. |
| It's Almost a Mindset That Teachers Need to Change': First-Year Students' Need to be Inducted into Time Management | van der Meer, J., Jansen, E. & Torenbeek, M. |
| Learning Communities for Students in Developmental Reading: An Impact Study at Hillsborough Community College. NCPR Brief. | Weiss, M. J. ; Visher, M. G. ; Wathington, H. |
| Learning How to Learn: A Model for Teaching Students Learning Strategies | Nordell, S. |
| "Like the Whole Class Has Reading Problems": A Study of Oral Reading Fluency Activities in a High Intervention Setting | Goering, C. & Baker, K. |
| Little Shame Goes a Long Way | Zimmerman, J. |
| Making Learning Visible: The Role of Concept Mapping in Higher Education | Hay, D., Kinchin, I., & Lygo-Baker, S. |
| Measuring Adult Literacy Students' Reading Skills Using the Gray Oral Reading Test | Greenberg, D., Pae, H., Morris, R., Calhoon, M. & Nanda, A. |
| Measuring College Students'Rreading Comprehension Ability Using Cloze Tests. | Williams, R., Ari, O., & Santamaria, C. |
| Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory | Mokhtari, K. & Reichard, C. |
| Motivating Novice Students to Read Their Textbooks | Farlex |
| Narrow View of Reading Promotes a Broad View of Comprehension | Catts, H. |
| Navigating Troubles in Paradise | Well, S. |
| Note-Taking Skills of University Students With and Without Learning Disabilities | Hughes, C. & Suritsky, S. |
| Nursing Instructors Must Also Teach Reading and Study Skills | White, H. |
| Paraphrasing: An Effective Comprehension Strategy | Kletzien, S. |
| Postsecondary Reading: What Writing Center Tutors Need to Know | Griswold, W. |
| Practice, Practice, Practice: How to Improve Students' Study Skills | Rozalski, M. |
| Predicting Textbook Reading: The Textbook Assessment and Usage Scale | Gurung, R. & Martin, R. |
| Professor's Dream: Getting Students to Talk and Read Intelligently | Green, A. & Rose, W. |
| Quantitative and Qualitative Measures of Student Learning at University Level | Hay, D., Wells, H., & Kinchin, I. |
| Read-Recite-Review Study Strategy: Effective & Portable | McDaniel, M., Howard, D., & Einstein, G. |
| Reading and Learning Strategies: Recommendations for the 21st Century | Simpson, M., Stahl, N. & Anderson, F., M. |
| Reading between the Lines: What the ACT Reveals about College Readiness in Reading | American College Testing (ACT), Inc.. |
| Reading Faster | Nation, P. |
| Reading Strategy Instruction, Metacognitive Awareness, and Self-Perception of Striving College Developmental Readers | Hong-Nam, K. & Leavell, A. |
| Reading with Purpose | Linderholm, T. |
| Reciprocal Teaching of Lecture Comprehension Skills in College Students | Spivey, N. & Cuthbert, A. |
| Relationship Between Reading Comprehension Skill Assessment Methods and Academic Success for 1st Semester Students in a Selected Bachelor of Science Nursing Program in Texas | Cook, J. |
| Rescuing Reading at the Community College | Long, T. |
| Resistance to Reading Compliance Among College Students: Instructor's Perspectives | Lei, S., Bartlett, K., Gorney, S., & Herschbach, T. |
| Reflections on a Faculty Learning Community Experience | Phillips, B. & Phillips, F. |
| Review of the Effectiveness of Guided Notes for Students who Struggle Learning Academic Content | Haydon, T., Mancil, G., Kroeger, S., McLeskey, J., & Wan-Yu, J. |
| Shifting Professional Identities: Reflections on a Faculty Learning Community Experience | Dees, D., Zavota, G., Emens, S., Harper, M., Kan, K., Niesz, T., Tu, T., Devine, M., & Hovhannisyan, G. |
| Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension Among College Students | Lei, S., Rhinehart, P., Howard, H. & Cho, J. |
| Strategies to Facilitate Reading Comprehension Among College Transition Students | Di Tommaso, K. |
| Struggle to Ensure That Learning Takes Place | Gekker, K. |
| Study Skills and Habits of Female University Students | Al-Hilawani, Y. & Sartawi, A. |
| Teaching Adults to Read With Reading Apprenticeship | Lesmeister, M. |
| Teaching Note-Taking Ski9lls to Underachieving College Students | Robin, A., Foxx, R., Martello, J. & Archable, C. |
| Teaching Reading Strategies and Reading Comprehension Within a Technology-Enhanced Learning Environment | Dreyer, C. & Nel, C. |
| Teaching Students to Summarize | Anderson, V. & Hidi, S. |
| Teaching Textual Conversations: Intertextuality in the College Reading Classroom | Armstrong, S. L. & Newman, M. |
| Ten Lively Lessons Using the Daily Newspaper | Rhoades, L. |
| To Learn to Think in College, Write-A Lot | McCarroll, C. |
| Toward the New Literacy: Changes in College Students' Reading Comprehension Strategies Following Reading/Writing Projects | Falk-Ross, F. |
| Transcending the Divide: Where College and Secondary Reading and Study Research Coincide | Flippo, R. |
| Underachievement Among College Students | Balduf, M. |
| Using a Constructivist Approach With Online Concept Maps: Relationship Between Theory and Nursing Education | Conceicao, S. & Taylor, L. |
| Using an Electronic Highlighter to Eliminate the Negative Effects of Pre-Existing, Inappropriate Highlighting | Gier, V., Kreiner, D., Hudnell, J., Montoya, J., & Herring, D. |
| Using Open-Book Tests to Strengthen the Study Skills of Community-College Biology Students | Phillips, G. |
| Using Research ro Bring Interactice Learning Strategies into General Education Mega-Courses | Prather, E., Rudolph, A. & Brissenden, G. |
| Validity of Highlighting on Text Comprehension | So, J. & Chan, A. |
| Validity of Using a Content-Specific Reading Comprehension Test for College Placement | Behrman, E. & Street, C. |
| Verbal Ability and the Processing of Scientific Text with Seductive Detail in Sentences | McCrudden, M., & Corkill, A. |
| Writing to Read: Evidence for How Writing Can Improve Reading | Graham, SW. & Hebert, M. |
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
| Active Reading: Comprehension and Rate | Dartmouth |
| Active Reading Strategies | Princeton University |
| Active Reading Strategies | Slippery Rock University |
| Art of Close Reading (Part One) | Elder, L. & Paul, R. |
| Art of Close Reading (Part Two) | Elder, L. & Paul, R. |
| Art of Close Reading (Part Three) | Elder, L. & Paul, R. |
| A.S.P.I.R.E. A Study System | Study Guides and Strategies |
| B-D-A (Before, During, After) | |
| Before, During, and After Approach to Reading | International Center for Leadership in Education |
| Before-During-After Framework | Reading Quest |
| Building Reading Proficiency at the Secondary Level: A Guide to Resources | SEDL |
| Close Reading Literature | University of Texas |
| Concept Map Examples | Kwantlen University |
| Critical Thinking and Nursing | Heaslip, P. |
| Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers | Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory |
| Effective Textbook Reading Skills | Academic Success Center, Southwestern College |
| Five Keys to Helping Students Read Difficult Texts | Center for Teaching & Learning |
| Flashcard Maker | Quizlet |
| Focus on Effectiveness: Research-Based Strategies | Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory |
| Graphic Organizers | Houghton Mifflin |
| Graphic.org | Graphic.org |
| Holt Graphic Organizer Teaching Notes | Holt |
| How do I Get My Students to Read Their Textbooks? A Handbook of Useful Strategies for Student Engagement | Saddleback College |
| How to Choose Between Different Styles of Thinking Maps | wikiHow |
| How to Read a Scientific Research Paper: A Four-Step Guide for Students and for Faculty | Hampshire College |
| How to Retain Information | College Atlas |
| How to Study and Learn (Part One) | Critical Thinking Community |
| How to Study and Learn (Part Two) | Critical Thinking Community |
| How to Study and Learn (Part Three) | Critical Thinking Community |
| How to Study and Learn (Part Four) | Critical Thinking Community |
| Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire | North Carolina State University |
| Interrogating Texts | Harvard Library |
| Jung Typology Test | Human Metrics |
| Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligence, and Differentiated Instruction | Virginia's CTE Resource Center |
| Learning Styles (Math Study Skills) | Math Study Skills |
| Mind Map | Wales, J. |
| Myers & Briggs Personality Inventory | Myers & Briggs Foundation |
| Note Taking Systems | Cal Poly |
| Professional Development Model - Colleges and Universities that Foster Critical Thinking | Foundation for Critical Thinking |
| Quizlet | Quizlet |
| R.A.F.T. Assignments | daretodifferentiate |
| Rapid Reading | Cornell |
| Reading Comprehension | Muskingum College |
| Reading Methods: PORPE | Sweet Briar's Academic Resourse Center |
| Reading Your Textbooks Effectively and Efficiently | Dartmouth |
| REDW | How.to.Study.com |
| Specific Types of Reading Strategies | Evergreen State College |
| SQ3R Reading Method | NC State University |
| SQ3R Reading System | Columbia College |
| SQ4R: A Classsic Method for Studying Texts | University of Guelph |
| SQ4R: A Solid Textbook Study System | Lansing Community College |
| Study Guides and Strategies | Study Guides and Strategies |
| Teaching Strategies: Learning Styles in the Composition Classroom | Suite 101 |
| Teaching Students to Interact with Text | ASCD |
| Teaching Style Survey | Grasha-Riechmann |
| Text 2 Mind Map | |
| Tips for Increasing Reading Comprehension for College Students | Ernest Capraro |
| Using Annotations for Close Reading Exercises | Columbia Center for New |
| Using Think-Pair-Share in the College Classroom | Arizona State University |
| Vocabulary Development | Houghton Mifflin |
| Vocabulary Self-Selection Strategy - VVS | West Virginia Department of Education |
| What Can We Learn From Developmental Reading Research in Postsecondary Education? | National College Transition Network |
| What is Mind Mapping? (and How to Get Started Immediately) | Litemind |
| Word Templates and Cornell Note Taking | Productivity Portfolio |
