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Miranda, Twyla; Johnson, Kary A.; Rossi-Williams, Dara – Educational Leadership, 2012
E-readers like the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes and Noble Nook are beginning to make their way into school libraries and classrooms. It's about time. E-readers have tremendous potential to entice reluctant readers to read more. A study that the authors recently conducted among low-reading-ability middle school students demonstrated that potential.…
Descriptors: Books, School Libraries, Classrooms, Influence of Technology
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Parr, Judy M.; Maguiness, Colleen – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2005
This article describes a small-scale project designed to help engage reluctant adolescent readers in voluntary reading practice during sustained silent reading (SSR). Three teachers worked with a secondary school reading expert to identify and agree on elements of effective instructional conversations and then implemented these "book talks" with a…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Sustained Silent Reading, Silent Reading, Adolescents