Using Computer-based Technology to Support the College Reading Classroom

Abstract

Rapid transformations in the delivery and reception of information present a strong urgency for college/university reading instructors and professors to acquaint themselves with new information processing theories and to utilize computer-based technology in comprehension training courses. The use of computer-based technology to teach reading comprehension at the college/university level is looked at from the standpoint of cognitive science. Discussions for the specific application of comprehension strategies that foster knowledge building and understanding are included. URLs are provided both for web sites that promote strategy instruction in the areas of inference and critical reading and for web sites that house authentic materials in the content areas of literature, the sciences, and the social sciences. Thus, a combination of theory and practice is presented.

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JoAnn Yaworski

JoAnn Yaworski is an Assistant professor in the Department of Literacy at West Chester University, West Chester, PA, E-mail: [email protected]. She teaches Developmental Reading and Study Skills as well as graduate and undergraduate courses in Reading Education. She also is content provider for many web-site companions to college-level reading and study skills textbooks.