CUNY Learning Outcomes for Reading Courses

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CUNY Reading Discipline Council
Learning Outcomes for Reading Courses

Reading is a linguistic, problem-solving process by which readers actively use phonological, syntactic, and semantic cues in order to comprehend written text and place it within a framework of their prior knowledge, expanding that knowledge further. These readers possess and draw on schema—recognition of familiar elements and patterns—in understanding both the content and structure of the text. The discipline of reading is based on an extensive body of research in areas such as neurocognitive processing, metacognitive strategies (knowledge of and control of one’s own reading process), and the influence of affective behaviors (attitudes and motivation).  The key goal in the reading programs is to teach students, through the combination of holistic and skills-based approaches, to become independent, confident, and lifelong readers and learners.

The learning outcomes for this goal consist of the following:
I.  Vocabulary Development
                The student will be able to:
A.   develop an academic vocabulary
B.    use and recognize context clues as a tool to determine meaning
C.    use structural analysis to determine meaning
D.   select the appropriate word meanings from dictionary entries
E.    extract and define specialized vocabulary
F.    differentiate between connotation and denotation in determining meaning

II. Comprehension Strategies
                 The student will be able to:
A.   comprehend at literal and interpretive levels of reading
B.    identify topics, main ideas, and major and minor supporting details
C.    identify transitional words, phrases, and their functions in the text
D.   paraphrase main idea statements and important concepts
E.    draw valid inferences and conclusions and make predictions
F.    distinguish between fact and opinion
G.   transfer analytical and critical thinking strategies to readings across the curriculum

III. Analytical Strategies
                   The student will be able to:
A.   identify patterns of organization (including comparison/contrast, cause/effect, term/definition, listing/classification, sequence/ chronology) to analyze relationships of ideas within texts
B.    recognize characteristics of various types of writing
C.    interpret maps, graphs, tables, charts and diagrams, and apply this information to reading material

IV. Critical Reading
                  The student will be able to:
A.   recognize bias, point of view, and author’s purpose
B.    identify style and tone
C.    evaluate arguments and credibility of sources
D.   recognize the historical/cultural contexts of texts to accurately interpret the material

V. Study Strategies
                The student will be able to 
A.   use self-questioning strategies
B.    annotate texts
C.    apply note-taking techniques to texts
D.   organize information from texts using outlines and graphic organizers
E.    summarize a passage
F.    take lecture notes
G.   use the dictionary, thesaurus , and glossary effectively
H.   synthesize information from various sources

VI. Test Taking
      The student will be able to:
A.  identify types of questions/stems and types of answers required
B.   apply appropriate test-taking strategies

In the process of mastering the above learning outcomes, students will produce a variety of oral and written responses to readings, including personal reaction, summary, and critical analysis.

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