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Peer reviewedMcCarthey, Sarah J. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2001
Explores the role of literacy and curriculum in identity construction among fifth graders. Suggests: (1) there was a coherence of perspectives about six of the students while there was less agreement for the other six students; (2) literacy was a more important feature of some students' identities than others; and (3) the literacy curriculum…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Literacy
Peer reviewedIvey, Gay – Reading Research Quarterly, 1999
Reveals that the reading performance and dispositions towards reading of three adolescent readers (a successful, a moderately successful, and a struggling reader) observed in day-to-day classroom reading over five months varied according to the context of their reading, the materials they read, and their reading purpose. None, however, could be…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedWorthy, Jo; Moorman, Megan; Turner, Margo – Reading Research Quarterly, 1999
Investigates reading preferences of an ethnically and economically diverse group of sixth-grade students from three middle schools. Shows that light materials (scary series books, comics, and magazines) top the list for every sub-group of students. Finds very limited availability of preferred materials in school; and shows that most students…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Reading Attitudes
