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Direct linkRosene, Lily – Phi Delta Kappan, 2023
Lily Rosene began her teaching career in 2020 when COVID-19 derailed her career plans and anearby school was desperate for teachers. She entered her first 9th-grade English classroom without a clear understanding of her students or the curriculum. However, she knew reading was important to any English classroom, so she decided to make silent…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Grade 9, English Instruction
Deibler, Matthew Edwin – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe the motivation and amotivation to read of 9th-12th grade adolescents in a large semi-urban high school in southwestern North Carolina. The principal theory guiding this study is Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 1991, 1994, 2000) as it explicates three universal human needs…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, High School Students, Self Determination, Reading Motivation
Peer reviewedSmith, Nichole; Day, Barbara – Educational Forum, 2013
A recent decline in reading has become a major issue, as Americans are not reading out of necessity or as a leisure activity. In addition, a connection has been found between children's leisure reading habits and their level of academic achievement, causing even more concern. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Recreational Reading, Reading Skills, Reading Habits
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
Download full textMcCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
This document presents the proceedings of the 20th Annual Research Forum held June 25, 2015, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following 21 action research papers: (1) History Lives! The Use of Simulations in a High School Social Studies Classroom (Lydia Adkins); (2) Using Francophone Music in the High…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Action Research, Simulation, Social Studies
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Media Evaluation Service. – 1990
This advisory list includes annotations for 88 works of fiction, a list of 105 books favorably reviewed in other reviewing sources, and a directory of publishers mentioned. The list also includes suggested grade levels and the price of each book. (RS)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Media Evaluation Service. – 1990
This advisory list includes annotations for 77 children's books, books for teachers, reference books, workbooks, and supplementary texts dealing with communication skills. The list also includes annotations for four color filmstrips; kits; study prints; and six videocassettes. Included with the list are a directory of publishers mentioned.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Childrens Literature
