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Download full textInstitute for Academic Excellence, Inc. Madison, WI. – 1997
This concise report explores the issue of student reading motivation, and relates it to the use of the Accelerated Reader (AR) reading management program. The report discusses issues of extrinsic versus intrinsic motivation, and notes that the points students earn for taking Accelerated Reader tests are not extrinsic rewards but simply a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Reading Attitudes, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedBaker, Linda – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2003
Informs practitioners working with struggling readers of the latest research on home influences on reading motivation. Provides research-based suggestions to teachers as to how they might enlist the assistance of parents in motivating struggling readers. Shows that supportive home environments foster motivation for reading, which leads to more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Parent Participation, Parent Role
Peer reviewedBrown, Kathy Laboard – Reading Improvement, 2001
Discusses how the literature chosen for classroom instruction does not often address issues that confront students, and that teachers are faced with students who often do not want to read printed matter. Suggests winners of the Caldecott Award provide teachers with easy access to literature that will greatly enhance their knowledge of contemporary…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Picture Books, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedHebb, Judith L.; Axiotis, Vivian – English Journal, 2000
Offers practical suggestions for encouraging reluctant (and all) high school readers and writers. Advocates looking at student reluctance and motivation; understanding the process of reading; understanding that everyone learns differently; and that reading is a social act. Offers the response from a high school English teacher with a sampling with…
Descriptors: Class Activities, High School Students, High Schools, Literature Appreciation
Carbo, Marie – Principal, 1984
Describes how principals provided critical support for applications of the Reading Style Inventory to reading programs in five schools. These efforts resulted in significant improvements in reading achievement and interest among students. Suggests six practices principals can follow to help ensure success. (PGD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Principals
Davis, Donna G. – 1988
To obtain perceptions of student growth in reading, this evaluation report assessed the first-year implementation of a seventh grade reading pilot program at Bell, Correia, Standley, and Wilson schools in the San Diego Unified School District. The pilot program addressed the reading needs of seventh grade students achieving two or more years below…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Parent Attitudes, Pilot Projects
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Chicago, IL. – 1982
Ideas and activities for helping children attain success in school, in friendships and in sports are presented in this handbook for parents. The areas covered are: (1) developing a winning attitude; (2) increasing self-confidence; (3) improving reading skills; (4) gaining good study habits; (5) improving test-taking skills; (6) doing homework; (7)…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework, Interpersonal Relationship
