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Davis, Marcia H.; Wang, Wenhao; Kingston, Neal M.; Hock, Michael; Tonks, Stephen M.; Tiemann, Gail – Grantee Submission, 2020
Background: The importance of reading motivation has led to the development of a large number of self-report reading motivation measures; however, there is still a need for a usable measure of adolescent reading motivation that captures a large number of theoretically and empirically distinct constructs. Methods: The current paper details the…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Measures (Individuals)
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Stotsky, Sandra; Denny, George – Journal of School Choice, 2012
Gendered schooling is growing in the United States, but little research exists on single-sex classes in public elementary schools. This study sought to find out if single-sex classes in two elementary schools made a difference in boys' reading gains in 2008-2009, as judged by scores on the state's annual literacy test. In one school, boys in the…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Elementary Schools, Males
Eisner, Nadene – Online Submission, 2012
Over seventy percent of students who are deaf or hard of hearing will attend a public school and enroll in a classroom with their hearing peers or in a self-contained classroom with other deaf and hard of hearing students. Teacher-librarians who work in these schools can improve their instruction by understanding not only what it means to be…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Deafness, School Libraries, Access to Information