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Tovey, Shannon – Action in Teacher Education, 2022
Teachers' literacy identities inform how they teach reading. Only about half, however, view themselves as enthusiastic readers, and up to 40% have negative attitudes toward reading. The repercussions are great: not only do teachers who are unenthusiastic about reading produce uninspired students, but they also use fewer research-based reading…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Reader Response, Reading Motivation, Reading Attitudes
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Ayse Derya Eskimen – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2024
Today, traditional literacy habits are changing with various technological tools in digital environments. Social reading platforms are one of these innovations and changes. These networks are widely used in the world and in Turkey. The application "1000Kitap," the largest book reader network in Turkey, is one of these social networks. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Reading Materials, Reading Programs
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Ghaith, Ghazi – Reading Psychology, 2021
This study investigates the implicit reading beliefs (RBs) of a cohort of diverse English-as-a foreign language (EFL) undergraduate university students and their responses to a narrative text. Sixty-two (n = 62) students enrolled in an introductory reading education course participated in the study. The participants completed a demographic…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Sylvan, Lesley J. – College Teaching, 2018
Engaging students in completing assigned reading material, particularly textbooks, is a challenge faced by many college professors. Further, research has demonstrated student compliance is typically low with reading course textbooks. This study explores the impact of assigning content-specific books written for popular audiences and having…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement, Reading Strategies, Books
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
This document presents the proceedings of the 25th Annual Research Forum held June 30, 2021, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following eighteen action research papers: (1) Using Modern Events to Teach United States History (Charles Ahern); (2) "We Are All ESL Teachers": Culturally and…
Descriptors: Action Research, United States History, History Instruction, Current Events
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Gomez, Kimberley – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2005
The author asserts that literacy teacher training programs should design opportunities for teachers to become more reflective about the literate self. Graduate students were queried about the relationship between their personal, historical, and professional literate selves. They documented their memories of reading and considered what it means to…
Descriptors: Literature Appreciation, Teacher Educators, Reading Instruction, Literacy