English Area

Office: Room 329, Davies Hall
Phone: (916) 484-8101
Fax: (916)484-8867

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Reading Across the Disciplines (RAD)

RAD works with students in individual or small group sessions to help them improve their classroom performance. RAD focuses on application of inferential and critical reading strategies and study skills to specific content classes, such as Anthropology 301 or Psychology 300, and programs such as Nursing and Paramedics. The strategies and skills covered include (but aren’t limited to):

Preparing for Tests Annotating Textbooks Developing Outlines Paraphrasing Understanding Jargon Reading Graphics

Research on our program shows that RAD students have an 84% success rate in the accompanying curriculum class as opposed to the 60% success rate achieved by non-RAD students.