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Download full textClark, Christina; Picton, Irene – National Literacy Trust, 2021
The National Literacy Trust's research during the first national lockdown in spring 2020 showed that more children and young people said that they enjoyed reading and more read more often during lockdown compared with before the pandemic. Children and young people's comments suggested that this was because they suddenly had time to (re)engage with…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Reading Motivation, Learner Engagement
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The early reading gap among diverse subgroups of students in schools has made teachers conscious of how students' culture affects their perceptions of reading and the literacy materials now being used in classrooms. The reported racial and gender gap among elementary literacy readers leaves African American boys on the fringes of literacy growth…
Descriptors: Males, African American Students, Culturally Relevant Education, Literacy Education
Teksan, Keziban – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2019
The research was conducted with the aim of determining the levels of reading motivation of students who are studying in the department of teaching in terms of various variables and the factors that cause having low and high reading motivation. The research is based on the determination of the internal and external motivation sources that motivate…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Reading Motivation, Public Colleges
Weih, Timothy G. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2008
This article is about a book club for middle school boys. The idea of a book club for boys came from the author's concern about what he had been hearing and reading about boys falling behind in their reading abilities. The purpose of establishing the club was to discover from the boys themselves what could be done to support them in their reading.…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Clubs, Literature Appreciation, Reading Ability
Chapman, Marilyn; Filipenko, Margot; McTavish, Marianne; Shapiro, Jon – Canadian Journal of Education, 2007
In this article, we report on grade-one children's preferences for narrative and/or information books, and their perceptions of what boys and girls like to read. Data include responses on two book preference tasks by 40 children in four schools. Children chose books and explained the reasons for their choices. One task was a closed, force-choice…
Descriptors: Females, Reading Material Selection, Literature Appreciation, Grade 1
