Experiences Working With Adult Learners

ebook A Repertoire of Motivating Reading Strategies

By Kathleen R. Murphy

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The book is based on the author's experiences working with adult learners as an undergraduate student progressing to teaching a Literacy Training course for graduate and under- graduate students, (a grant funded course) as a professor at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Like students, adults need to be motivated to read. The author shares engaging ways to work with adult learners to supplement their instruc- tion. Some of the reading/writing strategies included in this book are: ;

  • Four-square writing ;
  • Story Starters ;
  • Quick Writes (admit/exit slips) ;
  • Graphic Organizers ;
  • Sequence reading ;
  • Fluency Sticks ;
  • Think Alouds ;
  • Retelling ;
  • Word Ladders ;
  • SQ3R

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