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Direct linkWilson, Nance S.; Kelley, Michelle J. – Reading Horizons, 2010
This article describes a pilot study conducted with 10 identified avid adolescent readers who completed the Adolescent Motivation to Read Profile (AMRP) (Pitcher, Albright, DeLaney, Walker, Seunarienesingh, & Moggie, 2007) that includes both a survey to determine students' self-concept and value of reading and an interview that sheds light on what…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Attitudes, Misconceptions, Adolescents
Ness, Molly K. – Reading Horizons, 2009
The purpose of this mixed methodology study was to identify the frequency of reading comprehension instruction in middle and high school social studies and science classrooms. An additional purpose was to explore teachers' perceptions of and beliefs about the need for reading comprehension instruction. In 2,400 minutes of direct classroom…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Content Area Reading, Teacher Attitudes
Day, Deanna; Ainley, Glenna – Reading Horizons, 2008
This is the story of one middle school teacher's journey of implementing literature circles with English language learners. Theory and research suggest that literature circles are valuable and important for young adolescents yet many teachers are still skeptical about implementing them. During this three-month study 22 sixth graders, 12 of them…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Grade 6, Teacher Educators, English (Second Language)
Paige, David D. – Reading Horizons, 2006
This study examined the effects of repeated reading using above grade level narrative passages on: (a) reading rate as measured in words per minute (wpm) and (b) reading miscues. A single group, pretest-posttest design was used to measure the treatment effects. The study group consisted of 11, sixth grade African-American students with learning…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Grade 6, Learning Disabilities, Reading Strategies
Greenberg, Daphne; Gilbert, Amanda; Fredrick, Laura – Reading Horizons, 2006
We examined the reading interest and behavior of students in one rural (n = 664) and one inner-city (n = 510) middle school. Responses to the questionnaire indicated that in general, middle school students are not interested in reading and spend very little time engaged in various reading activities. Further analysis of the data showed differences…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Reading Interests, Middle School Students, Rural Schools
Werderich, Donna E. – Reading Horizons, 2006
This grounded theory study explores how middle school literacy teachers used dialogue journals and the processes by which they responded to their students' written responses. Literary conversation between teacher and student was conceptualized as an ongoing scaffolding process within dialogue journals. Teachers used "response facilitators"…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Visual Aids, Teacher Role, Literacy
