Download or read book The Use of Motivational Reading Practices in Middle Schools in Mississippi written by Sarah Parks Duncan and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explored the topic of middle school students and their instructional reading environment. As students progress through school, there is a decrease in the amount of time spent reading for pleasure. Overall, students' attitudes toward reading and motivation to read decline as they get older due to a complex mix of factors including negative classroom experiences, increased activities, and lowered self-efficacy. However, a number of research-based strategies exist that teachers can use to promote reading in the middle grades: setting aside time for reading, offering choices, modeling reading, providing social interaction, and expanding definitions of text. The purpose of this study was to explore the use of such motivational reading practices in the middle schools in Mississippi. The sample comprised all 724 middle school teachers who taught reading or language arts in Mississippi. A three-part survey instrument designed by the researcher was distributed via email and asked teachers about their teaching methods and texts as well as their goals and perceived limitations in the classroom. The survey's response rate was 35% with 256 teachers participating. Data indicated that teachers were using many motivational methods alongside more traditional practices in their classrooms. State testing emerged as a significant influence on teachers with 98% of teachers using reading passages to prepare students for tests at least monthly, which made test-prep passages the most frequently used text in middle school classes. Student free-choice reading was the most frequently reported reading method, and whole-class discussion was the after-reading activity used most often. Traditional methods such as class reading of teacher-selected novels and textbook reading were regular activities in most classrooms, and the objective test or quiz was employed at least weekly by 73% of teachers. Almost half of the teachers surveyed cited student interest and appeal as a major influence on their instructional decisions. Time limitations were the most frequently noted limitation for teachers as they tried to reach the reading goals they set for their students. Because this study was limited to one state, a study on the national level is needed to determine what reading instruction is like in middle schools across the country.
Download or read book Supporting Reading in Grades 6 12 written by Sybil M. Farwell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-06-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a curricular framework for students grades 6–12 that school librarians and teachers can use collaboratively to enhance reading skill development, promote literature appreciation, and motivate young people to incorporate reading into their lives, beyond the required schoolwork. Supporting Reading Grades 6–12: A Guideaddresses head-on the disturbing trend of declining leisure reading among students and demonstrates how school librarians can contribute to the development of lifelong reading habits as well as improve students' motivation and test scores. The book provides a comprehensive framework for achieving this: the READS curriculum, which stands for Read as a personal activity; Explore characteristics, history, and awards of creative works; Analyze structure and aesthetic features of creative works; Develop a literary-based product; and Score reading progress. Each of these five components is explained thoroughly, describing how school librarians can encourage students to read as individuals, in groups, and as school communities; support classroom teachers' instruction; and connect students to today's constantly evolving technologies. Used in combination with an inquiry/information-skills model, the READS curriculum enables school librarians to deliver a dynamic, balanced library program that addresses AASL's Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.
Download or read book Empowering Struggling Readers written by Leigh A. Hall and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides classroom-tested methods for engaging struggling middle grade readers--even those who appear to have given up--and fostering their success. The emphasis is on constructing respectful, encouraging learning environments that incorporate students' diverse literacies, cultural interests, and prior knowledge and skills into instruction. Chapters outline effective, innovative strategies for instruction and assessment in comprehension, vocabulary, text-based discussion, critical reading, and other core areas. Realistic classroom examples are included throughout, including applications of nontraditional texts. Other useful features include reflection questions at the end of each chapter. Winner--Literacy Research Association's Edward B. Fry Book Award
Download or read book Motivation to Read and Reading Practices of Middle School African American Males written by Alfred G. Brinkley and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Best Practices in Literacy Instruction Fifth Edition written by Linda B. Gambrell and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2014-09-12 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been replaced by Best Practices in Literacy Instruction, Sixth Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-3677-1.
Download or read book Improving Reading Comprehension and Motivation for Middle School Students written by Rachel Bedell and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This capstone provides research from professionals in the field about improving reading comprehension and motivation for middle school students. The research shows how middle school students think and learn, and why it is important for students to become life-long readers. It also describes the reading workshop model and all the necessary components of it. This capstone explains reading comprehension strategies such as the seven most common strategies used in schools today, as well as techniques to improve middle school student's motivation to read. A reading survey and interview were conducted at a middle school and the results are included. To culminate all the research and suggestions from teachers a resource manual was created. It includes comprehension strategies for reading non-fiction, fiction, and ideas for increasing reading motivation.
Download or read book Reading Reasons written by Kelly Gallagher and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Reading Reasons: Motivational Mini-Lessons for Middle and High School, author and teacher Kelly Gallagher offers a series of mini-lessons specifically tailored to motivate middle and high school students to read, and in doing so, to help them understand the importance and relevance reading will take in their lives. This book introduces and explains in detail nine specific "real-world" reasons why students should be readers. The book contains 40 practical, classroom-tested and reproducible mini-lessons that get to the heart of reading motivation and that can be used immediately in English and other content-area classrooms. These easy-to-use motivational lessons serve as weekly reading "booster shots" that help maintain reading enthusiasm in your classroom from September through June. The mini-lessons, ranging from 5-20 minutes in length, hit home with adolescents, and in turn, enable them to internalize the importance reading will play in their lives. Rather than telling students reading is good for them, the lessons in this book show them the benefits of reading.
Download or read book Reading Engagement written by John T. Guthrie and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the professional literature of many fields, this book provides an interpretation of the available research on motivation and describes instructional approaches in classroom contexts. The book aims to help teacher educators, researchers, and graduate students understand the research literature in motivation and use in their efforts to enhance children's literacy development. After an introduction, "Reading Engagement: A Rationale for Theory and Teaching" (John T. Guthrie and Allan Wigfield), chapters in the book are: (1) "Children's Motivations for Reading and Reading Engagement" (Allan Wigfield); (2) Developing Self-Efficacious Readers and Writers: The Role of Social and Self-Regulatory Processes" (Dale H. Schunk and Barry J. Zimmerman); (3) "Motivation, Volition, and Collaborative Innovation in Classroom Literacy" (Lyn Corno and Judi Randi); (4) "The Pull of the Text and the Process of Involvement in Reading" (Diane Lemonnier Schallert and JoyLynn Hailey Reed); (5) "Teacher Perceptions of Student Motivation and Their Relation to Literacy Learning" (Anne P. Sweet); (6) "The Role of Responsive Teaching in Focusing Reader Intention and Developing Reader Motivation" (Robert B. Ruddell and Norman J. Unrau); (7) "Characteristics of Classrooms That Promote Motivations and Strategies for Learning" (John T. Guthrie and Ann Dacey McCann); (8) "Integrating Science and Literacy Experiences to Motivate Student Learning" (Roger Bruning and Barbara M. Schweiger); (9) "Ownership, Literacy Achievement, and Students of Diverse Cultural Backgrounds" (Kathryn H. Au); (10) "Starting Right: Strategies for Engaging Young Literacy Learners" (Julianne C. Turner); (11) "Incentives and Intrinsic Motivation to Read" (Linda B. Gambrell and Barbara Ann Marinak); and (12) "School Change and Literacy Engagement: Preparing Teaching and Learning Environments" (Carol Minnick Santa). (RS)
Download or read book Best Practices in Literacy Instruction written by Lesley Mandel Morrow and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been replaced by Best Practices in Literacy Instruction, Seventh Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5223-8.
Download or read book Maximizing Motivation for Literacy Learning written by Barbara A. Marinak and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Simply put, this book is designed to maximize motivation so that students develop the reading habit. With this goal in mind, the authors present motivating classroom activities that promote intrinsic literacy motivation. Many of the activities described in the chapters in the book provide opportunities for the integration of the language arts and include many suggestions for engaging students in listening, speaking, reading and writing"--
Download or read book Best Practices in Literacy Instruction Sixth Edition written by Lesley Mandel Morrow and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2018-11-23 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many tens of thousands of preservice and inservice teachers have relied on this highly regarded text from leading experts, now in a revised and updated sixth edition. The latest knowledge about literacy teaching and learning is distilled into flexible strategies for helping all PreK–12 learners succeed. The book addresses major components of literacy, the needs of specific populations, motivation, assessment, approaches to organizing instruction, and more. Each chapter features bulleted previews of key points; reviews of the research evidence; recommendations for best practices in action, including examples from exemplary classrooms; and engagement activities that help teachers apply the knowledge and strategies they have learned. New to This Edition *Incorporates the latest research findings and instructional practices. *Chapters on new topics: developmental word study and the physiological, emotional, and behavioral foundations of literacy learning. *Chapters offering fresh, expanded perspectives on writing and vocabulary. *Increased attention to timely issues: classroom learning communities, teaching English learners, and the use of digital tools and multimodal texts.
Download or read book Literacy Instruction for Adolescents written by Karen D. Wood and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2009-03-12 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thorough and accessible, this professional resource and text shows how the latest research in adolescent literacy can be translated into effective practice in middle and high school classrooms. Leading authorities discuss findings on the adolescent learner, addressing such essential topics as comprehension, content-area literacy, differentiated instruction, gender differences in literacy learning, and English language learners. With a focus on evidence-based methods, coverage ranges from techniques for building digital literacy and comprehension skills to strategies for flexible grouping and writing instruction. Ideal for courses in adolescent literacy, each chapter includes guiding questions, discussion questions, and classroom examples.
Download or read book Effective Instruction for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties written by Carolyn A. Denton and published by Brookes Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading problems don't disappear when students enter middle school, recent studies show that nearly a quarter of today's eighth graders aren't able to read at a basic level. This book arms language arts teachers with lessons, strategies, and foundational kowledge they need to resolve older students' reading difficulties and increase their chances for academic success. Ideal for use with struggling readers in Grades 6 - 8, this book clearly lays out the fundamentals of effective teaching for adolescents with reading difficulties. Teachers will discover how to: select and administor assessments for comprehension, fluency, and word recognition; use assessment results to plan individualized instruction; apply research-supported instructional practices; develop flexible grouping systems; set manageable short-term learning goals with students; give appropriate and corrective feedback; monitor student progress over time; provide effective interventions within a school-wide Response to Intervention framework; and more. To help teachers incorporate evidence-based practices into their classroom instruction they'll get more than 20 complete, step-by-step sample lessons for strengthening adolescents' reading skills. Easy to adapt for use across any curriculum, the sample lessons provide explicit models of successful instruction, with suggested teacher scripts, checklist for planning instruction, key terms and objectives, strategies for guided and independent practice, tips on promoting generalization, and more.
Download or read book Engaging Young Readers written by Linda Baker and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2000-03-07 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume demonstrates how promoting children's engagement with reading can greatly enhance reading achievement. From leading literacy researchers and educators, the book illuminates what a child needs to become an engaged reader and presents a set of instructional principles designed to facilitate this goal. Helping teachers offer a coordinated emphasis on competence and motivation in reading instruction, chapters blend research evidence with practical recommendations. Topics covered include ways to provide children with a good foundation at the word level, help if they are in trouble, ample time and materials for reading, opportunities to share in a community of learners, instruction that is coherent, motivating, and responsive to each child's strengths and weaknesses, school-wide coordination of instruction, and continuities between home and school.
Download or read book Reading and Writing Skills Cognitive Emotional Creative and Digital Approaches written by María Isabel de Vicente-Yagüe Jara and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategies to Build Community and Motivate Struggling Readers written by LouAnn Kittelson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research questions addressed are: 1.) What is there about the transition to middle school that decreases students' motivation to read? 2.) What strategies can be used to most effectively motivate struggling middle school readers? 3.) Are there strategies that will facilitate both building community in the classroom and increase students' motivation to read? The motivating factor for this capstone was my own struggle to read as a middle school student and my passion for teaching struggling middle school readers. This capstone defines a struggling middle school reader, identifies middle school transition hurdles, and identifies the importance of belonging, building community, and motivating struggling middle school readers. The author selected strategies that would ensure students' sense of belonging, build community among students and teacher, and motivate the students to engage in literacy.
Download or read book The Effects of Implementing Intrinsic motivation focused Practices in a Middle School Reading Intervention Classroom written by Paul V. Allen and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This capstone addresses the following question: What are the effects of implementing intrinsic-motivation-focused practices in a middle school reading intervention classroom? The impetus for this research study was the author's frustration with what he perceived as overemphasis on test preparation for below-grade-level readers in seventh and eighth grade. In the capstone, the author investigates reading motivation, using research to define its dimensions and elements and examine its role in reading instruction. The author also uses the research to identify three key instructional practices that build motivation: 1) independent free choice reading, 2) text-based collaboration, and 3) teacher modeling. The author then implements these practices and examines their effects on student motivation and teacher efficacy over a five month period. The author also offers his major learnings about the instructional implementation of these practices, especially independent free choice reading."--
