KAPI`OLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Reading and Your Students

Dear Instructor:

Thank you for filling out this survey. If you teach more than one course this semester and you would like to fill out more than one survey, you will be prompted to do so at the end of this survey.

Instructions:
For each different course that you are teaching this semester, please answer the following questions.

1. Course name and number:

Course Name

Course Number

2. Do you assign a traditional textbook for this course?

Yes

No

3. Do you assign other books for this course?

Yes

No

If you answered No to both 2 and 3 above, please go to item 8 below; if Yes to either one, please proceed:

4. Total number of pages in all books:

Number of pages:

5.Number of pages assigned in all books for this course:

Number of assigned pages

6. Is all the material that you present in your lectures covered in the assigned books?

Yes

Almost

Somewhat

No

7. Is the material in the assigned books presented in your lectures?

Yes

Almost

Somewhat

No

8. What other kinds of reading do you assign for this course?

None

Journal articles

Magazine articles

Internet

9. To pass this course, what is your best estimate of the minimum quantity of assigned book reading that a typical student needs to complete?

0%

25-49%

50-74%

75-90%

91-100%

10. In this course, do you teach your students how to study the textbook, including reading, marking, and other strategies?

Yes

Sometimes

No

If Yes or Sometimes, please describe briefly the study method you teach the students.

11. If you used one or more of these books before, did you find that your students had trouble understanding them?

Yes

Perhaps a little

Not at all

If Yes, please describe briefly what you believe was the problem.

12. If you were given the choice to have your students take a reading course before they enroll in this course, what would you want this course to include? (Check all that applies)