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Direct linkDae-Kun Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Reading is an important skill for work success and navigating the world today. However, the number of U.S. readers is on the decline. Between 2014 and 2018, it is estimated that approximately 720,000 Deaf readers stopped reading. When asked why, many said they didn't really enjoy reading. Such individuals are becoming what are called reluctant…
Descriptors: Deafness, Cartoons, Novels, Reading Materials
Matthew Patrick Keaney – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This study explores how libraries mediated interactions between black readers and texts in twentieth century South Africa. By situating libraries as vital infrastructures of reading, I critically examine how librarians tried to build the habit of reading within black communities. Beginning in the 1930s with the Carnegie Corporation of New York's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Development, Library Services, Libraries
Tacy, Cheryl Melissa – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative grounded theory study was to discover the impact on adolescent reading motivation as students were given an opportunity to select recreational reading material and read consistently during class time. This study also explored the motivational impact of student engagement from dialogue with peers about their reading…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Adolescents, Qualitative Research, Reading Instruction
Ware, Regina J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Alarming statistics report that middle school students are not reading as much as they should be reading. This study is an examination of two interventions that were incorporated into the regular curriculum to determine if these two reading interventions would encourage this researcher's students to read more. The "Nation's Report Card"…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Reading Interests, Learner Engagement
Warne, Bonnie Mary – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative inquiry explored the personal reading interests of 42 10th-grade students as they selected and began reading a novel. The study's goal was to inform those interested in supporting students' reading interests of what students from one rural school could and could not verbalize about their personal reading interests. The…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Reading Materials, Qualitative Research, Focus Groups
Herman-Davis, Beth – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore how critical pedagogy, culturally relevant curriculum, and student centered instruction impacted student engagement in reading for struggling high school readers, including first- and second-generation immigrants. The researcher/practitioner (r/p) chose to highlight Latinas in the study to understand the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Caring, Reading Materials, Critical Theory
