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Peer reviewedSanacore, Joseph – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1996
Argues that reading aloud is an important motivational strategy for primary school children as well as secondary school children. Discusses ways of carrying out this worthwhile activity. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Reading Aloud to Others
Peer reviewedGambrell, Linda B.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1996
Describes the Motivation to Read Profile (MRP), which assesses children's self-concepts as readers and the value they see in reading. Discusses its development and offers suggestions for its use with elementary students. Includes the MRP. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Measures (Individuals), Reading Attitudes, Reading Motivation
Direct linkWilliams, Bronwyn T. – Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 2004
This document discusses the author's personal opinion and feelings on teaching. She expresses her love for literacy and the hope to engage her students with the same feeling, yet not force it upon them.
Descriptors: Social Class, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits, Reading Motivation
Peer reviewedGlasgow, Jacqueline N. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1996
Describes the characteristics of the Tech Prep reader and writer. Recommends a language learning environment to foster literacy for these students, and provides a 17-item annotated bibliography of adolescent literature to motivate these reluctant readers. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, High Risk Students, High Schools
Jajdelska, Elspeth – History of Education, 2004
In recent years, some prominent scholars and historians of reading have emphasized the gradual nature of change in reading practices in the early modern period as opposed to sudden transitions. This article discusses the varying opportunities to acquire skills consequent on "engaged reading" (defined below) available to the children of different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Class, Social Class Differences, Recreational Reading
