Resistant Readers in Secondary Education: Some Insights and Implications.

Bintz, William P.

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ERIC Number: EJ462261

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Resistant Readers in Secondary Education: Some Insights and Implications.

Bintz, William P.

Journal of Reading, v36 n8 p604-15 May 1993

Investigates the personal, home, and school reading contexts of secondary school readers. Explores students' implicit resistance to reading school-assigned materials as an explanation for why students' interest in school reading declines after elementary school. Includes brief descriptions of resistant readers in other countries. (SR)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Attitudes, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Resistance (Psychology), Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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