ERIC Number: ED670634
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 144
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ISBN: 979-8-3023-1546-5
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The Impact of a Dual Modality Book Club on the Reading Motivation of Seventh Grade Aliterate Black Male Adolescents: A Descriptive Case Study
Tammy R. Graham
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Alabama
Reading for pleasure or recreational reading is strongly related to both academic and social success. However, as adolescents move through school, their involvement in reading for enjoyment declines, reducing their access to valuable literacy practice. Consequently, it is essential to continue educational research focused on strategies to increase adolescents' engagement in book reading. This descriptive case study aimed to explore how aliterate Black male adolescents described and exhibited their motivation for reading while participating in a dual modality book club. Seven themes emerged from the data analysis: Transformative Instructional Support: The Library Media Specialist's Role, Choice, Cultural Mirrors, Real World Connections, Social Peer Influence, Narrative Immersion, and Narrative Confidence. Based on participants' responses, as well as supporting research, the findings confirmed that aliterate Black male adolescents are motivated to read when they can choose their own reading material from a selection of titles that reflect their identity and culture (mirrors) and social peer influence did increase extrinsic motivation that then turned into intrinsic motivation. The other motivational factors that appeared in the findings and that make an original contribution to knowledge related to reading motivation and audiobooks were self-regulation, self-efficacy, and self-initiation. Self-regulation, indicated by narrative immersion, was observed as participants read along with the audiobook, during which off-task behavior ceased. Self-efficacy, and self-initiation, demonstrated by narrative confidence, were observed when participants took the initiative to continue reading after the electricity went out and the audiobook stopped playing. Hearing the narrator gave the boys the confidence to attempt reading, even though they were not strong readers. Recommendations for practice and future research are described. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, Adolescents, Males, Reading Motivation, Books, Clubs, Reading Material Selection, Cultural Relevance, Social Influences, Peer Influence, Self Management, Self Efficacy, Grade 7, African American Students
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Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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