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Direct linkBunge, Nancy – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
After watching an instructional film informing that only 26 percent of today's college students do the reading for their courses, the author announced to a colleague that she gives reading tests; the colleague looked at her with what seemed a mixture of shock and pity. Indeed, the video in no way suggested that instructors compel students to read;…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Instructional Films, Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement
Peer reviewedRoberts, Judith C.; Roberts, Keith A. – Teaching Sociology, 2008
Reading comprehension skill is often assumed by sociology instructors, yet many college students seem to have marginal reading comprehension skills, which may explain why fewer than half of them are actually doing the reading. Sanctions that force students to either read or to pay a price are based on a rational choice model of behavior--a…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Reading Strategies, Learner Engagement
Powell-Brown, Ann – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2004
In this article, the author asserts that it is impossible for a person who does not love reading to be a good literacy teacher. She discusses the reasons her undergraduate preservice teaching students give for having given up on reading as a pleasurable activity, presents strategies her graduate students used to begin to enjoy reading, and offers…
Descriptors: Reading Teachers, Literature Appreciation, Reading Instruction, Teacher Role
