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List, Alexandra; Alexander, Patricia A. – Educational Psychologist, 2017
This article introduces the cognitive affective engagement model (CAEM) of multiple source use. The CAEM is presented as a way of unifying cognitive and behaviorally focused models of multiple text engagement with research on the role of affective factors (e.g., interest) in text processing. The CAEM proposes that students' engagement with…
Descriptors: Models, Cognitive Processes, Affective Behavior, Reading Interests
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Kittle, Penny – Educational Leadership, 2014
"Writing is a core skill for living, not just for school," writes high school English teacher Penny Kittle. Although it's important to teach students the conventions of grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure, teachers don't need to approach this task "like scolds, red pens in hand, stamping out sin, and punishing…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Skills, Teaching Methods
Jacobs, George M.; Renandya, Willy A. – Online Submission, 2015
This article begins by explaining the student centered learning paradigm. Next, the article explains various features of a student centered approach to education and how extensive reading (ER), as it is most often practiced, fits with those features. The bulk of the article suggests how ER might be implemented to make it even more learner centered.
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Reading Habits, Reading Instruction, Models
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Elster, Charles A. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2003
Examines literacy practices in their sociohistorical contexts, drawing examples of religious reading practices and stances from Orthodox Jewish reading practices. Notes that religious reading practices highlight the repertoire of reading genres, strategies, and stances that members of modern multicultural societies learn to control. Concludes that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intercultural Communication, Language Skills, Literacy
Leigh, Robert K.; And Others – 1984
The result of an International Reading Association committee organized to identify successful community programs that stimulate an interest in reading, this paper identifies and describes 10 selected program areas that might be used as models for other communities. Following a brief description of the project and the submission criteria, the 10…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Motivation Techniques
Gersten, Karen – 1996
A research-based model of adult literacy categorizes adult reading habits into four categories: (1) illiteracy, the inability to read; (2) aliteracy, the absence of reading by those who are able to read; (3) selective literacy, reading only one type of material for a single purpose; and (4) active literacy, fully embracing literacy in all aspects…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs