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Direct linkDouglas, Kate; Barnett, Tully; Poletti, Anna; Seaboyer, Judith; Kennedy, Rosanne – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
This paper introduces the concept of "reading resilience": students' ability to read and interpret complex and demanding literary texts by drawing on advanced, engaged, critical reading skills. Reading resilience is a means for rethinking the place and pedagogies of close reading in the contemporary literary studies classroom. Our…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Resilience (Psychology), Reading, Literary Criticism
Athanasou, James A. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2011
Reading is theorised as a key aspect of one's educational and vocational adjustment. The reading scores on the "Wide-Range Achievement Test 3" of 465 adult vocational assessment clients were examined. Reading varied across a range of social factors and the overall results were consistent with earlier studies, especially the "Adult…
Descriptors: Vocational Evaluation, Achievement Tests, Vocational Adjustment, Adult Literacy
Peer reviewedDwyer, Barry; Dwyer, Janet – Reading Teacher, 1979
A reprint of chapter 28 from the authors' book, "K-6: Best Years of Their Lives?" published in 1979 by the (Australian) Primary English Teaching Association, which presents evidence that contradicts reports of a decline in Australian reading standards. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction
