| Description |
v, 290 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Investigating adolescent readers -- Investigating the reading process -- Sting : "I stopped bein' a good little boy" -- Duke : competing visions of manhood -- Rosa : fiction as therapy -- Valisha : finding an answer to why should a person read? -- Joel : trying to focus -- Investigating resistance and engagement -- Interview questions -- Summary of subject data |
| Summary |
Why do adolescents happily read some texts but fiercely resist reading others? Why do some adolescents read widely while others almost never read? Adolescents Talk About Reading shows you how to find answers to these questions and more by closely observing adolescents and their complex relationships with reading. The book also reveals what insights occur when adolescents talk naturally, extensively, and in their own words about why they resist or engage with text. The book centers on a study author Anne R. Reeves conducted to discover what goes on in adolescents' minds as they look at text. The chapters present case studies of five high school students whose stories best represent adolescents' relationships with reading. Each case study provides a wealth of information about the student's reading history, reading preferences and dislikes, reading attitudes and beliefs, personal reading interpretations, and writing experiences. You'll discover how going beyond the surface of students' typical reasons for resisting or engaging with reading may lead you to the key to each student's reading success. --From publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-284) and index |
| Subject |
High school students -- Books and reading.
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High school students -- United States -- Interviews.
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Reading (Secondary)
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Reading interests.
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Teenagers -- Books and reading.
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Teenagers -- United States -- Interviews.
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Author |
International Reading Association.
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| LC no. |
2003025354 |
| ISBN |
0872075362 |
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