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Direct linkMerga, Margaret Kristin – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2016
The link between recreational book reading and improved literacy performance is consistently supported by educational research. Increasing engagement in recreational book reading remains imperative for English teachers, though how to best facilitate this in a secondary context is an object of contention, with limited research in this field. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Habits, Recreational Reading, Reading Skills
Mathers, Brandi Gribble; Stern, Amanda J. – Reading Horizons, 2012
The 160 third, seventh, and eleventh-graders involved in this study agreed, almost unanimously, that reading was "important." Participants cited the empowering benefits of reading as they justified this opinion. However, with regards to the enjoyment of reading, fewer middle and high school participants reported "liking"…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy, Student Empowerment, Grade 3
Eno, Linda Peet – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Literacy is moving into the digital context. Many of the literacy tasks associated with higher education, the workplace, and civic life now take place in the digital world. Literacy in high school, however, languishes in the text world. This study compared the text literacy of a group of high-achieving 10th-grade students, to their digital…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Reading Achievement, High Achievement, High School Students
Hinchman, Kathleen A., Ed.; Sheridan-Thomas, Heather K., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2008
Covering everything from day-to-day learning activities to schoolwide goals, this engaging book reviews key topics in literacy instruction for grades 5-12 and provides research-based recommendations for practice. Leading scholars present culturally responsive strategies for motivating adolescents; using multiple texts and digital media;…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Adolescents, Literacy, Program Development
Durik, Amanda M.; Vida, Mina; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
This study examines how competence beliefs and task values predict high school achievement choices related to literacy. Students' task beliefs (self-concept of ability, intrinsic value, and importance) about reading in the 4th grade and English in the 10th grade were tracked over time. Task beliefs, school performance, and gender were used to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Predictor Variables, Student Attitudes, Recreational Reading
