"This was my first independent study course - with my work load and family life, it was wonderful to not have to be on the computer every night like I had to with other online courses. So, I definitely enjoyed the format and being able to work at my own pace. Because I am a Language Arts teacher, the content was eye-opening and applicable to what I teach all year long - I enjoyed taking the strategies and ideas as I learned them to try in my classroom. The charts and assessment tools are definitely ones that I will adapt to meet the needs of my students." Tricia Wiese, Orange City, IA
"This course like all of Educational Resources courses is highly structured and makes an educator become more aware of their daily routines and interactions with the students. The coursework is logically presented and organized in a manner that is virtually impossible to become confused with! Objectives are clear and easy to follow. Keep the courses coming!" Mike Mazurkiewicz, Maple Heights, OH
"The book was a very informative, easy to understand, and easy to apply read. The book is filled with ideas and strategies on how to help strengthen a student's reading skills. It is a reference that I will be referring to quite often in order to teach my students reading skills and strategies that will empower them to become lifelong fluent, comprehending readers!" Tobiann Waters, Firth, NE
"This class helped reinforce the importance of teaching reading in every course. I feel, as a content teacher of a different area, I can help to strengthen the reading abilities of the students that I have. It challenged me to find ways to use the current curriculum that I have and create lessons that will infuse reading skills as well. I am motivated to share my ideas with other science and social studies teachers as well as my literacy partner to help students to continue to grow in reading comprehension." Ashley Flatebo, Mason City, IA
"Reading for Success in all Classrooms was a great course that provided me with new ideas to use in my classroom to help teach reading. The book was interesting and easy to read." Jennifer Downing, Lewistown, OH
"As an English teacher, I found this course very informative and will make some fairly substantive changes in my classroom based on the ideas presented. I also appreciated the availability of the professor to answer questions regarding the curriculum." Travis Tudor, El Centro, CA
"Reading for Success in all Classrooms was a great course for learning differentiated instructional strategies for reading. The textbook was interesting and easy to read and gave countless ideas and activities to use immediately in your classroom. Open this book up to any random page and you will find something that you can use to help your students succeed in reading." Carol Brubaker, Defiance, OH
"I think that this course was instrumental for me to take. I have been teaching for three years, so any type of information that is handed to me regarding reading in the classroom is always valuable. Throughout this course, I was able to learn different assessments I could use, ways to differentiate within my small groups, and to keep the material engaging for my students. This course will not only benefit my purpose in education, but it will benefit my students as well." Jim Morey, W. Burlington, IA
"I thought this was a great course that had many wonderful strategies for differentiating reading in the classroom. This course has been more beneficial to me than some of the other courses that I have taken in the past. There were many ideas from this course that I feel I will implement in my classroom. This course will benefit me by helping me to differentiate my reading instruction and use strategies in other content areas to reach all the needs of my students." Kerensa Rowley, Firth, NE
"I really liked the text that was used for this course. It was easy to read and had great, practical ideas that could immediately be transferred in to a classroom. There were many engaging reading activities that were geared toward motivating a reader no matter what their level is. This course will benefit me as a teacher because it gave me new, fresh ideas that I can incorporate in my teaching." Kara Dodds, Dubuque, IA