Each of the twelve chapters in Teaching Reading in the 21st Century, Third Edition has its own Study Guide. To make the site easy to navigate, the Study Guide for each chapter is made up of the same five sections:

The first section is a succinct list of the objectives of the chapter. We suggest that you read through this list of objectives early in your study of the chapter, perhaps before you read the chapter itself.

The second section is a list of the major concepts of the chapter, set up as interactive flashcards. This section too should be read early in your study of the chapter. However, you may want to wait to call up the definitions of the concepts until after you have read the chapter. Regardless of whether you look at the definitions before or as you are reading the chapter, once you have read the chapter it is an excellent idea to go through the concepts one by one and try to define each of them before checking the definitions supplied.

The third section is a multiple-choice quiz on the chapter. The best time to take this is probably after reading the chapter. Once you have taken the quiz, you can have it scored immediately and find out how you did.

The fourth section is a set of short-answer questions on the major topics of the chapter.

The fifth section is a list and brief description of Websites relevant to the contents of the chapter.

To use the Study Guide for each of these chapters, select a chapter from the "jump to..." menu above.

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