THE USE OF LEARNING JOURNALS TO FOSTER TEXTBOOK READING IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PSYCHOLOGY CLASS.
Across disciplines, faculty members face a common challenge of finding methods to get their students to complete assigned course readings. It becomes an even larger task to develop strategies whereby students are also engaging in deep reading that promotes critical thinking. Reading positively impac...
| Published in: | College Student Journal Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 440 - 454 |
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