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Direct linkRoberts, 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
Peer reviewedRamsay, John G. – Change, 2002
Discusses how instructors can begin to understand aliterates--students who can, but do not, read. Asserts that instructors can reach students who seem aligned against literate culture by reflecting on their own early reading experiences and helping students to reflect on theirs. (EV)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits
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
