3.2: Scanning

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Scanning is a useful reading skill. While scanning, you are looking for specific information. For example, you are looking for the answer to a question or a specific date or name. While you scan, keep the information you are looking for in your mind. Don’t read every word. You may find it helpful to use your finger when you scan to quickly move them over the words. Scanning is very useful for saving time. You should use scanning when you get very large reading assignments or when you have a limited amount of time to complete a task (like on a quiz or test).

Exercise \(\PageIndex{1}\):

Scan for Information

Look for the following information on the Institute of International Education (http://www.iie.org/).

Look at the headings across the top of the page. Under which heading can you find information about these things? Click on each heading to see the sub-headings and place the items on the list below in the correct category.

Awards received	Education services
General information about IIE	Help in an emergency
History of IIE	International Development
Locations that IIE serves	Reports about IIE
Research projects	Students
Teachers	The United States

Who We Are	What We Do	Our Global Reach	Research and Publications	Gateways for…

What year did IIE begin?
Name two programs administered for the Department of State.
What kind of organization is IIE?
How many programs are administered by IIE each year?
How many people are served by IIE each year?
How many offices and affiliates (connected organizations) does IIE have around the world?
How many Regional Educational Advising Coordinators are there?
What do the Regional Educational Advising Coordinators do?
Who does IIE provide research and program evaluation services for?

Exercise \(\PageIndex{2}\):

Quiz Yourself

Take the IIE Global Knowledge Quiz (http://www.iie.org/Students/Tabs/US/Global-KnowledgeQuiz).

Which questions did you know the answers to?
Which questions did you have to guess the answers to?
Which questions did you have no idea what the answers were?
How many questions did you get right?
What did you learn from the quiz?

Exercise \(\PageIndex{3}\):

Reading Graphics

Under the “Research and Publications” tab, click on “Open Doors” (center of the page). Then click on “2015 Infographics” under the “Open Doors Toolkit” column on the right of the page. Scan the graphic titled, “A Quick Look at International Students in the US,” and answer the following questions (http://www.iie.org/Research-and-Publications/OpenDoors/Data/Infographics).

How many international students studied in the United States in the previous school year?
Since 1953, the number of international students studying in the US has ________.
a. gone up

b. gone down

c. stayed the same
What are the two most popular majors for international students?
In the previous school year, there were ______________ international graduate students than international undergraduate students.
a. the same number of

b. more

c. fewer
Where did the majority of international students come from in the previous school year?
How do most international students pay their expenses?
How much money did international students contribute to the US economy in the last school year?
What three states have the highest population of international students?
What percentage of all US higher education students were international?