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Talwar, Amani; Magliano, Joseph P.; Higgs, Karyn; Santuzzi, Alecia; Tonks, Stephen; O'Reilly, Tenaha; Sabatini, John – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2023
More knowledge is needed regarding the student factors that impact academic reading and success in college beyond traditional measures of college readiness. This study examined the contributions of student factors specified by the Proficient Academic Reader framework--reading literacy skills, metacognitive reading strategies, and reading…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Characteristics, Reading Strategies, Reading Motivation
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Schreuder, Mary-Celeste; Savitz, Rachelle S. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2020
This article describes findings related to changes in the reading motivation of 12th grade language arts students who participated in an online book club partnership with college students. The study investigated the motivational impact of self-selected young adult novels, social interaction with college students and peers, and the online context…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Adolescent Literature, Clubs, Grade 12
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Pyne, Kimberly B. – Educational Leadership, 2012
The lobby of the college building echoes with the noise of teenagers milling around a table filled with books. Hands flutter over the bright covers, picking them up, flipping them over, thumbing through pages. Welcome to an Elon Academy Saturday at break time, the mid-point pause in this monthly gathering of the more than 70 student participants…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Secondary Education, College Readiness, First Generation College Students