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Erin Nerlino – Educational Action Research, 2024
Despite the value of reading, research documents declining reading rates among American adolescents - a decline that exacerbates student dropout rates and academic performance. As a high school English teacher in a public, regional, suburban school, increasing the number of students who deeply read the assigned texts for class has been a…
Descriptors: Reading, Public Schools, Suburban Schools, Reading Assignments
Johnson, Bob L., Jr. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2019
The intent of this essay is to provoke thought on how to increase the impact of course readings on individual and group learning. A set of strategies for tapping the generative potential of texts that build on the interpretive insights of Gadamer and Ricoeur is provided. "Generative potential" refers to the ability of a text to generate…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Teaching Methods, Reading Materials, Reading Strategies
Wall, K. Blaine – CEA Forum, 2021
Given the political and social fragmentation and incivility that currently exists in America, this paper examines existing scholarship on diversifying the American literary canon in order to increase cultural literacy and to encourage reflective and critical conversations about modern-day issues of social justice. A brief overview of pedagogical…
Descriptors: Stranger Reactions, College Faculty, Literature Appreciation, United States Literature
Stewart, Mary Amanda; Walker, Katie; Revelle, Carol – Texas Journal of Literacy Education, 2018
In various conversations regarding how to teach language and literacy to adolescent English Learners (ELs), students' voices are often lost. This article privileges those voices by surveying ELs in Texas high schools regarding what, why, and how they want to read and write in and out of school. The authors surveyed the students before and after an…
Descriptors: Adolescents, English Language Learners, Student Surveys, High School Students
Laurel Taylor – English Journal, 2016
This article discusses one teacher's efforts to give their students a mentor text for a persuasive, research-based writing project. The author's shift from assigning predominantly fiction to focusing more on nonfiction came as a result of their efforts to help their students move from students' current writing style -- that of a five-paragraph…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Nonfiction, Mentors, Books
Calmer, Joseph; Straits, William – American Biology Teacher, 2014
As a science teacher, I regularly use outside reading assignments (e.g., news articles) to help develop my students' understanding of topics addressed in my anatomy class. However, I have found that in simply reading texts, students often fail to (1) understand the context of the science discussed, (2) make the connections between ideas…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Anatomy, Teaching Methods, Reading Assignments
Hamilton, Buffy J. – School Library Monthly, 2012
Since 2009, the author has been using an activity that she calls "book tasting" to help teens select books for independent reading assignments. While she is sure she is not the first to do this kind of activity, the term "book tasting" seems to appeal to the teens. Book tasting has been extremely successful in pairing up students with texts that…
Descriptors: Adolescents, World Literature, Multiple Literacies, Reading Assignments
Preuss, Gregory S.; Schurtz, D. Ryan; Powell, Caitlin A. J.; Combs, David J. Y.; Smith, Richard H. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
This article evaluates a writing assignment in which students read a
non-fiction book that they chose from a list provided by their instructor, identified examples of social psychological phenomena, and fully explained how those examples fit social psychology concepts. This novel twist on a traditional assignment yielded surprisingly robust…
Descriptors: Social Psychology, Nonfiction, Book Reviews, Writing Assignments
Libresco, Andrea S. – Social Education, 2013
This article describes 10 recommendations for creativity, higher-order thinking, and meaningful learning activities that can be used to guide teachers in constructing an engaging AP course: (1) Be on the committee that decides how students will be selected for AP; (2) Maximize time and connections through blocks of time with an English colleague;…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Creativity, Thinking Skills, Cognitive Processes
Jensen, Murray; Moore, Randy – American Biology Teacher, 2008
Many college courses have historically been associated with large amounts of reading. For example, many biology courses required students to read trade books such as Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" (Carson, 1962), or James Watson's "The Double Helix" (Watson, 1980), but now most instructors elect to focus students' reading on course textbooks and…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Study Guides
Wolk, Steven – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
The reading students are required to do for school bears little semblance to the reading they do outside of school. Students today are reading the same texts in school that students read a generation ago, but the varieties of text used outside of school are much different. One result is that many students are unmotivated to become readers.…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Reading Material Selection, Reading Motivation, Relevance (Education)

Greenlee, Edwin D. – English Journal, 1992
Asserts that assigning adolescent literature to students without first reading a review of the book is risky because the books may contain sexually explicit text. Argues that teachers should not assign books such as "Vision Quest" by Terry Davis, because they contain graphic language. (PRA)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Censorship, Literature Appreciation, Reading Assignments

Roby, Douglas E. – Ohio Reading Teacher, 1990
Offers 10 strategies to enhance reading skills through wildlife reference books and other literature. Lists 10 nonfiction and 33 fiction references as resources for initiating a positive relationship among children, wildlife, and reading. (MG)
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Reading Instruction, Reading Interests, Reading Material Selection

Perricone, Catherine R. – Hispania, 1985
Discusses the findings of a questionnaire sent to 20 representative universities in the South Atlantic Modern Language Association to determine the content and utilization of reading lists for graduate students of Spanish. Discusses considerations to be made in preparing or revising the reading lists. (SED)
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Graduate Study, Reading Assignments, Reading Material Selection

Mitchell, Jason P. – Writing on the Edge, 1997
Contends that readings on social class in the United States are rarely given in college (with textbooks being "particularly weak" in this area). Lists and annotates 11 articles and books that may be given to remedy that situation. (PA)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Reading Assignments
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