Dear Readers,
When I finished editing Barbara McLay’s article, “Reading Rate:
Research versus Teaching,” I was absolutely stunned. If you teach speed
reading, as I did for two and a half years, you may rethink your practice after
reading her article. In fact, if you teach at all, I’m sure that you will
find Barbara’s article intriguing and enlightening.
We have other wonderful offerings as well. Kyle Cushman has suggestions for
metacognitive note-taking, Michael Ruhe writes on “Psycho-Tutoring,”and
Dennis Congos discusses “Mental Manipulation.” You will just have
to read these to see what they are all about! ;-)
Toni Alazraki shares her new tool for tutoring ESL writing students via email. I tutor writing online and I am often challenged when I download essays written by ESL students. Perhaps you face the same kinds of challenges, and would like to find out what Toni has devised to help her students correctly construct sentences as practice after tutoring. Read her article, and see what you think!
Have fun with our humor column and brainteasers, and as always, your contributions are more than welcome!
Mona
Questions or comments? Contact the author at mpelkey@learningassistance.com.