It’s no secret that many college courses require substantial reading – both the amount and the challenging nature of these readings can be a struggle for students. How do we help students streamline ...

Top colleges in the United States typically require either the SAT or ACT as part of their admissions process. These standardized tests serve as a measure of a student’s academic readiness for college ...

The increased pressure to achieve high scores in standardised tests compels students to focus more on the probable content expected in the test. This, eventually, would prompt them to cram the content ...

GenAI tools are increasingly used in academic settings, yet little is known about how they affect higher-order thinking during critical reading and ...

In the Higher English Critical Reading assessment, you will be asked to comment on examples of language in an extract from a Scottish text you have previously studied (and elsewhere in the text).

Reading is one of the most basic ways of acquiring information in college. Textbooks, research articles, and even literature provide a critical, often different perspective on the material you are ...