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Direct linkIves, Samantha T. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The current study's purpose was to validate a revised Story World Absorption Scale (SWAS; Kuijpers et al., 2014) as a measure of habitual adolescent reading engagement. This approach to measuring reading engagement reflects the multidimensionality and theoretical alignment that is currently missing from the reading engagement literature.…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Attitudes, Adolescents, Learner Engagement
Zucker, Lauren – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Adolescents spend a significant portion of the day on digital devices, yet we know very little about their out-of-school reading practices. While screen recording technology allows researchers to record and view videos of digital reading, the majority of studies exploring digital reading limit participants' reading to researcher-selected texts and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Electronic Publishing, Reading Habits, Interviews
Smith, Billye J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examines the reading lives of three adolescent male students who struggle in reading. The three students identified for this study are students who failed to meet the academic criteria for promotion from grade eight to grade nine as defined by the 2011 Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAKS) and were placed in grade nine by a school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Males, Low Income Groups, Reading Difficulties
Loh, Chin Ee – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This case examines the reading and identity practices of three highly literate adolescent boys from an elite all-boys school in Singapore, focusing on how they constructed their identities as global and local citizens through their reading practices. There have not been any studies examining the reading and identity practices of adolescent boys…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Reading Ability
Boltz, Robin Henson – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The primary purpose of the study was to examine the reading habits, preferences and motivation for reading from a representative sample of high school males in rural North Carolina. Much research gives voice to what elementary students are reading, but less has been done with adolescents, one of the hardest demographics for librarians and teachers…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Role Models, Self Efficacy, Reading Achievement
Kim, Eunhyun – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Multicultural children's and young adult literature provides readers with various opportunities: to mirror their lives and reflect the meanings of their own experiences; to gain insight on social issues as well as personal issues; and to enhance cross-cultural awareness. How might Korean/Korean American youth cope with everyday life as a minority…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Asians, Adolescents, Fiction
