READ/STUDY CLASSES
In General
Advisors place students into Read/Study 080 or 090 classes based on the student's CPT placement test scores. Upon enrollment in Read/Study 080 or 090, students are tested at the very beginning of the quarter in class to verify the accuracy of the CPT and/or advisor placement.
Read/Study 081 is available for students who are not able to move from Read/Study 080 to 090 after 1 quarter, and Read/Study 091 is available for students who are not able to move from Read/Study 090 out to courses requiring college level reading. Advisors, students, and the read/study instructor work together to place students into Read/Study 081 or 091, as needed.
Students who place at the college level in reading may take Read/Study 120 on campus as an elective for 3 specified elective credits. This is not a required course.
All read/study classes provide students practice reading and analyzing short, printed passages and computer readings first at an easy to understand level and then up to more difficult levels. In class, lectures are combined with small group work to provide models and group practice before students practice individually in the lab. Both lecture and lab sessions also provide practice with study skills necessary to survive in college courses. In just 10 weeks, most students will have built their reading and study skills to the point that they can move to coursework requiring college level reading.
On campus, read/study assessments and exams are focused on students demonstrating their ability to apply the read/study skills taught to other coursework they are currently enrolled in such as English, mathematics, sociology, CIS, etc. Contact the off campus instructor at your location to find out about their assessments.
Time Requirement for the Classes and Help Available
Read/Study 080 and 090 classes meet 5 days per week on campus for 50 minutes per day and usually 3 days per week for 2 hours per session off campus. Read/Study 120 students meet for an average of 2 days of lecture and 2 days of lab per week.
By description, Read/Study 080 and 090 contain 3 lecture hours per week and 4 lab hours. This is because to become more effective readers, students must read and think about what they have just read. This takes time.
Thus, to build individual reading skills, students may need to come into the lab at times other than the normal listed class time to complete computer and booklet readings at their reading level. To accommodate this need on campus, the lab is open from 7 am to 8 pm Monday through Thursday, until 4:30 pm Fridays, and from 2 to 8 pm on Sundays. Instructor, lab assistant, and tutor help are available Monday through Friday on a posted schedule which varies quarter by quarter. On Sundays, a work/study student is available to assist students with any computer related, read/study assignments.
Textbook and Materials Required
A paperback textbook is required each quarter. The cost of the text is between $40 to $50. This will vary, so check with the bookstore.
All on campus read/study courses require students to possess and bring a paperback dictionary, a 3 ring binder with 6 two sided, pocketed folders so students can keep their papers organized by course topic, and 2 different colored highlighters. Obviously, paper and writing tools are also necessary. A small stapler will be helpful, but it is not required.
Course Descriptions
General descriptions of each of the read/study courses are listed below, and in the GHC catalog. The books and other materials required for a particular course may vary with each instructor. Specific course descriptions are available in the quarterly schedule. Should you have questions, please contact by phone or e mail, as appropriate, any of the read/study instructors listed for a particular quarter. Read/Study classes are taught on campus year around. Off campus varies, so check with the off campus site phone number provided.
Course Outcomes
Read/Study 080, 081, 090, 091, and 120 fit directly into the mission of Grays harbor College as part of our "comprehensive programs in basic education, literacy, and academic skill development." More specifically, the read/study classes also directly address each of Grays Harbor College's Desired Student Abilities:
A. Competency in the Disciplines
B. Literacy: skills in reading, writing, and listening
C. Critical Thinking
D. Using Resources
E. Personal and Social Responsibility
Specific outcomes include:
1. The student will understand and apply reading terms, concepts, and skills to content from other disciplines--academic, vocational, and generic, gaining in confidence and ability to:
-accurately read and follow written directions
-meet generic supervisor expectations in the areas of literacy,
problem solving, attendance, and behavior-determine purpose and vary read/study steps accordingly
-determine topic and determine/create an appropriate statement of a passage's main idea
-identify specifics in support of main idea
-identify author purpose and pattern of organization and use to aid recall
-evaluate own reading strategies and habits and use instructor/lab assistant feedback to improve read/study skills.
2. The student will practice and apply a variety of notetaking strategies to live and video lectures and to written materials.
3. The student will be able to summarize readings from a variety of sources.
4. The student will identify personal learning style characteristics to create personally effective study strategies.
5. The student will create a synthesis of information concerning one topic using organizers such as cycles, concept maps, mind maps, compare/contrast matrices.
6. The student will increase skills and confidence entering, using and exiting reading related software, CD's, and the Internet.
7. The student will be able to work cooperatively to master read/study skills, and to plan, prepare, and present projects.
Developmental Reading/Study I, 5 credits
Prerequisite: Appropriate reading placement test score.
Extensive reading of developmental (8.0 - 10.0 grade level) academic, vocational, motivational, and general interest passages in texts and on the computer coupled with short writing assignments to build literal comprehension skills, vocabulary, and basic study techniques such as organization, notetaking and exam preparation. 3 lecture hours; 4 lab hours.
Developmental Reading/Study II, 5 credits
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
A continuation of READ 080 for those students needing an additional quarter to reach the prescribed reading grade level. 3 lecture hours; 4 lab hours.
College Preparatory Reading/Study I, 5 credits
Prerequisite: Appropriate reading placement test score.
Extensive reading of college preparation (10.0 - 12.9 grade level) academic, vocational, motivational, and general interest passages in texts and on the computer coupled with short writing assignments to build literal and inferential reading skills, vocabulary, and basic study techniques such as notetaking, memory enhancement and exam preparation. 3 lecture hours; 4 lab hours.
College Preparatory Reading/Study II, 5 credits
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
A continuation of READ 090 for those students needing an additional quarter to reach the prescribed reading grade level. 3 lecture hours; 4 lab hours.
College Reading/Study Skills, 3 credits
Prerequisite: READ 090 or appropriate placement test score.
Emphasizes analysis of college-level reading using specific techniques for critical comprehension, rate flexibility, and vocabulary development when reading to remember academic and vocational texts, technical manuals, computer content, other nonfiction, fiction and poetry. Includes adapting notetaking, memory enhancement, and exam preparation to various types of courses. 2 lecture hours; 2 lab hours. Satisfies specified elective requirement for the AA degree.