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Direct linkDonald Wayne Meyer – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The fifth-grade boys at an elementary school in Texas consistently perform lower than girls on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) reading portion. The gender gap in reading is not exclusive to this school. Boys score lower than girls on state-administered reading assessments each year in the United States (U.S.) and have…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Males, Video Games, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedAlvermann, Donna E.; Huddleston, Andrew; Hagood, Margaret C. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2004
At first glance, any connection between professional wrestling and school-based literacy practices might seem far-fetched, or incongruous at best. This seeming incongruity, however, is what intrigues the authors most. It is also what drives them to wonder if governmental and media sources that regularly proclaim a crisis in literacy achievements…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Literacy, Athletics, Units of Study
