Dec 05, 2011

UNH Professor's New Book Outlines Why Students Learn More By Reading Slowly

Thomas Newkirk, professor of English at UNH, suggests that students get more enjoyment out of and have greater success with reading when they slow down. Newkirk outlines how to boost student enjoyment of reading in his new book “The Art of Slow Reading.”“This book challenges popular notions of reading—the idea that quick, extractive reading is the goal for students. I argue that traditional acts... Read more

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Tags: 2011, COLA, Dept of English, slow reading, Thomas Newkirk