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Ramos, Francisco; Krashen, Stephen – Reading Teacher, 1998
Describes a study of second- and third-grade Hispanic students in an inner-city school, in which increasing children's access to books (through monthly visits to a public library) significantly increased children's interest in books and their reading at home. Concludes that simply providing interesting books for children is a powerful incentive…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Childrens Literature, Inner City, Primary Education
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Gee, Roger W. – TESOL Journal, 1999
Offers specific suggestions to teachers of elementary and middle school English-as-a-Second-Language students for helping their students develop a positive attitude toward reading. Teachers can help students become readers by developing their sense of control and competence in tasks, materials, and the environment. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Middle Schools
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Moore, David W.; Bean, Thomas W.; Birdyshaw, Deanna; Rycik, James A. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1999
Presents a position paper on adolescent literacy and what adolescents deserve developed by the International Reading Association's Commission on Adolescent Literacy. Outlines some questions and answers about adolescent literacy. Details seven principles for supporting adolescents' literacy growth as they deserve. Lists suggested readings and notes…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Principles, Literacy, Politics of Education
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Kaback, Suzanne S. – New Advocate, 1999
Describes how the parents of the author's fifth-grade students joined the literature circles in her classroom--either in person, through writing, or through recorded conversations. Notes that the literature discussions became richer and more sophisticated as families added layers of meaning to the context built in class. (SR)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Literature Appreciation
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Merrill, Cynthia S. – Language Arts, 2000
Illustrates how a struggling third-grade reader named Maddie used her own writing as a logical place for beginning to become a reader. Describes how her teacher built on Maddie's strengths and immersed her in meaningful activities in order to promote a positive attitude toward reading which became the foundation for her acquisition of reading…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Emergent Literacy, Grade 3
Kiefer, Barbara – School Library Journal, 2001
Discusses the need for children to go beyond literacy to become lifelong readers. Highlights include the reading process; reading instruction; and the role of the librarian, including reading books aloud, allowing children to choose their own books, book discussion groups, teaching different purposes of reading, and author studies. (LRW)
Descriptors: Authors, Elementary Education, Library Role, Reading Aloud to Others
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Ford, Kim, Ed. – Voices from the Middle, 2001
Offers brief descriptions of 12 recently and not-so-recently published books for young adults, that speak to a wide range of interests at a variety of reading levels, and that could be "just the ticket" to help a reluctant reader bond with books. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Fiction
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Delin, Catherine R.; And Others – Australian Library Journal, 1995
Describes a questionnaire study of Australian undergraduates and a community sample that investigated the reading of books as a recreational activity and considered individual characteristics. Topics include the amount and nature of reading, attitudes toward reading, measures of social resources, scores on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Community Study, Correlation, Demography, Foreign Countries
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Ujiie, Joanne; Krashen, Stephen D. – Reading Improvement, 1996
Asks seventh-grade boys (in a middle-class school and a school where 82% of students were eligible for Chapter 1 funding) about comic book reading. Finds that those who reported more comic book reading also reported more pleasure reading in general, greater reading enjoyment, and reading more books. Finds no difference in frequency of comic book…
Descriptors: Comics (Publications), Comparative Analysis, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
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Danielson, Kathy Everts; Rogers, Sheri Everts – Reading Horizons, 2000
Notes that teachers need to demonstrate a love of reading in order to pass it on to their students. Discusses ways to encourage a love of reading through book groups, reading goals, daily oral and silent reading, and sharing the impact of reading with students. (SC)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Lifelong Learning, Literature Appreciation, Reading Aloud to Others
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Stone, Sandra; Twardosz, Sandra – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2001
Investigated the early childhood teacher's role in selecting, reading, and making accessible high-quality children's books, and providing reading opportunities. Twenty-one teachers' responses showed that they mostly read books recommended for literary quality; a smaller portion of the books accessible to the children were of high quality. Problems…
Descriptors: Books, Child Caregivers, Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques
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Wilhelm, Jeff – Voices from the Middle, 2001
Discusses text features that tended to engage boys, and describes their desire to use literacy to share and socialize. Finds that boys were more different than alike, and that very particular conditions in the social context were more important than preexisting interests. Offers brief descriptions of 11 books the author has found to be appealing…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Males
Birkerts, Sven – School Library Journal, 1999
Suggests that the real power of the childhood reading encounter is less in the specific elements of story or character and more in what is accomplished by the private interchange between child and book. Discusses the differences between reading and being read to and between reading and television watching. (AEF)
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Needs, Childrens Literature, Reader Text Relationship
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Harmon, Janis M.; Keehn, Susan; Kenney, Michelle S. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2004
This study examined a reading tutoring program for struggling adolescent readers. The major objectives of the tutoring program were to help struggling adolescent readers develop an understanding of the strategic nature of reading and to encourage these reluctant readers to take control of their reading. The results of the study hold implications…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Adolescents, Minority Groups, Reading Instruction
Tercanlioglu, Leyla – International Education Journal, 2004
The article reported the results of an investigation conducted in a university in the United Kingdom. The general research question addressed in the study was: How did students approach the task of academic reading. Data for this study came from five sources: audio taped interviews of 17 postgraduate students; a demographic questionnaire; the…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, English (Second Language), Native Language, English
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