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Direct linkKerr, Mary Margaret; Frese, Kristen M. – College Teaching, 2017
Despite instructors' belief that class readings are integral to the learning process, only 20-30% of undergraduate students complete required readings. Failure to complete course reading has been associated with declines in exam and research performance. This article first offers a brief review of the literature on why students do not complete…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Undergraduate Students, Content Area Reading, Reading Motivation
Download full textBoulhrir, Taoufik – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2017
Twenty-first century education has undoubtedly witnessed changes of the definition of literacy to cope with the economic, social, and intellectual trends. Technological advances, which include skills of communication, creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration have become key in education, especially when dealing with literacy and reading…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices, Reading Motivation, Intervention
Meier, Terry – Reading Teacher, 2015
African American children's literature has a potentially powerful role to play in increasing reading engagement for African American boys. Unfortunately, this body of literature is not always used effectively in schools. Many teachers use African American books as an add-on to pre-exisiting curriculum rather than fully exploring the topics,…
Descriptors: African Americans, Culturally Relevant Education, African American Students, Childrens Literature
Picton, Irene – National Literacy Trust, 2014
While ebooks have been around for many years, recent rapid improvements in the versatility and affordability of e-readers and tablets, along with increased access to broadband internet, have lead to a dramatic rise in household ownership of these devices. Between 2012 and 2013, the proportion of children responding to the National Literacy Trust's…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Reading Motivation, Reading Skills, Surveys
Whitney, Jennifer D. – Online Submission, 2007
Background: Almost every aspect of modern life is affected in some way by technology. Many people utilize technology from dawn to dusk to communicate; make decisions; reflect, gain, synthesize, evaluate or distribute information, among many other functions. One would be hard pressed to find a single professional, regardless of career field,…
Descriptors: Homework, High Risk Students, Reading Comprehension, Research Design
Hsu, Jeng-yih Tim – Online Submission, 2004
Teachers are given too much power in a reading classroom. We choose the texts, design the course syllabuses, and put up a written exam after another written exam. However, we cannot stop our students from becoming book haters as soon as they leave our classroom. By implementing literature circles, we teachers might return the power back to our…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Empowerment, Reading Instruction, Foreign Countries
