Smartxt! Reading support for all students

College students learn to strategically read and analyze textbook content. Instructors learn how to select and use specific tools and features of the Kurzweil 3000 software program to meet reading objectives.

Smartxt! modules are electronic textbook chapters complete with specific embedded strategies that demonstrate how students should approach subsequent chapters.

Smartxt! was successful launched in 2005 in the California Community Colleges. Program creator Stacey Kayden and the Smartxt! team are currently working with instructors at six colleges across California and the country.

Students using Smartxt! modules self-identify as using higher level thinking skills relative to their peers. In a small scale study at Mercer County Community College in New Jersey, students in a sociology class using Smartxt! scored 12 % higher on course tests than students not using Smartxt! modules. Focus groups of students using Smartxt! modules report improved focus and retention.

• To learn more, please email us at smartxt@cambiumlearning.com
• Click here to see an example Smartxt! extra credit assignment
• Click here to see a video about Smartxt! and Universal Learning Design (ULD)
• Click here to visit the Smartxt! blog