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Motivated to Engage: Learning from the Literacy Stories of Pre-Service Teachers
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MacPhee, Deborah; Sanden, Sherry – Reading Horizons, 2016
The influence of motivation on readers' behaviors has received wide attention in literacy scholarship. The importance of readers' motivations for reading becomes critical when considered in relation to readers' engagement with reading activities and their perceptions of themselves a competent. This article presents a qualitative study of…
Descriptors: Literacy, Preservice Teachers, Reading Motivation, Reading
Students' Perceptions of "Fun" Suggest Possibilities for Literacy Learning: "You Can Be Entertained and Informed"
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Mathers, Brandi Gribble – Reading Horizons, 2008
Perhaps educators shy away from serious consideration of "fun" because the term is typically associated with the kinds of activities found on the playground rather than in the classroom. According to the first, third, and fifth-graders involved in this study however, different definitions of fun can be applied in different contexts and these…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 3, Grade 5, Student Attitudes
We Love to Read--A Collaborative Endeavor to Build the Foundation for Lifelong Readers.
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Hertz, Marjorie; Swanson, Kathi L. – Reading Horizons, 1999
Describes a reading motivation project with a class of fourth-grade students. Shows how the project incorporated strategies shown to promote engagement in literacy: opportunities for choice, reflection, and social interaction. Describes the use of metacognitive activities where students set weekly goals and reflected upon how they were growing as…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Independent Reading, Intermediate Grades, Metacognition
We Love to Read--A Collaborative Endeavor to Build the Foundation for Lifelong Readers.
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Swanson, Kathi L.; Hertz, Marjorie S. – Reading Horizons, 1998
Examines, using qualitative methods, targeted fourth-grade at-risk children in a culturally diverse elementary school in a mid-sized city in the southwestern United States. Describes the nature of social interactions within the context of tutorial sessions. Identifies common characteristics of highly effective tutors in their interactions with…
Descriptors: Grade 4, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Increasing Students' Achievement and Interest in Reading.
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Moser, Gary P.; Morrison, Timothy G. – Reading Horizons, 1998
Reports a one-year study in a fourth-grade classroom to help students become able readers and instill in them a desire to read. States that the reading program included silent reading, choices of reading materials, sharing of literature, and appropriate adult modeling. Reports increases in reading rates, comprehension, vocabulary, and amount of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Literacy
Deconstructing the Accelerated Reader Program
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Groce, Robin D.; Groce, Eric C. – Reading Horizons, 2005
Teacher implementation of the Accelerated Reader Program is as widespread as it is diverse in terms of classroom and campus application. This manuscript highlights the findings of an informal, pilot study that examined four categories regarding the Accelerated Reader Program. The categories include: (1) assessment; (2) aesthetics and text…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement, Program Evaluation, Teaching Methods