ERIC Number: EJ993604
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Sep
Pages: 6
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Background Knowledge and the Magazine Reading Students Choose
Gabriel, Rachael; Allington, Richard; Billen, Monica
Voices from the Middle, v20 n1 p52-57 Sep 2012
Can students read difficult but self-selected texts--and if so, how? In this article we describe what we learned about middle school students' use of background knowledge and specific vocabulary from interviews and surveys in our longitudinal study of magazine reading habits. Then we discuss the implications of these findings for structuring independent reading opportunities and facilitating connections between students' in- and out-of-school literacies. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Literacy, Periodicals, Reading Habits, Independent Reading, Middle Schools, Reading Interests, Middle School Students, Reading, Vocabulary, Interviews, Surveys, Longitudinal Studies, Recreational Reading, Adolescents, Early Adolescents
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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