scholarly journals Reading Takes You Places

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Ling Lu ◽  
Carol A. Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Reading Program ◽  
Student Surveys ◽  
Reading Behaviors ◽  
Teacher Interviews ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Summer Reading ◽  
High School Grades ◽  
Low Achieving Students ◽  
Summer Reading Program ◽  
Mixed Responses

This study investigates effects of a web-based summer reading program on the reading behaviors and attitudes of adolescents. The study takes place in an American high school, grades nine through twelve. A purposive random sample of 288 students and eleven teachers ensured representation of students from each of three ability groupings. Data were collected through student surveys and teacher interviews. Findings show that students expressed satisfaction with the program, but it did not meet the needs of low achieving students. Mixed responses from teachers point to the need for consensus about the purpose of a summer reading program.

scholarly journals “I Hate to Read-Or Do I?” Low-Achievers and Their Reading

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Gordon ◽  
Ya-Ling Lu
Keyword(s):  
Struggling Readers ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Low Achievers ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Summer Reading ◽  
Low Achieving Students ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Alternative Reading

Phase 2 of the Barnstable Study of a web-based summer reading program focuses on low-achieving students who had a low participation rate in the first two years of the program. The researchers interviewed and surveyed seventy students who formed seven focus groups. This study challenges assumptions about struggling readers. Do struggling readers consider themselves readers outside of school, where they have choices that relate to what they like to do? Do they read? What do they read? Do they really hate to read? Gender and grade level emerged as factors in participation rates in the program. Student responses emphasized the importance of relevance of reading materials to reading preferences. Low achievers had a strong preference for alternative reading materials.

A Closer Look at a Summer Reading Program: Listening to Students and Parents

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Compton-Lilly ◽  
Rachel Caloia ◽  
Erin Quast ◽  
Kelly McCann
Keyword(s):  
Reading Program ◽  
Summer Reading ◽  
Summer Reading Program

scholarly journals Replicating the Effects of a Teacher-Scaffolded Voluntary Summer Reading Program: The Role of Poverty

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. White ◽  
James S. Kim ◽  
Helen Chen Kingston ◽  
Lisa Foster
Keyword(s):  
Reading Program ◽  
Summer Reading ◽  
Summer Reading Program
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