Motivating teen and preteen readers : how teachers and parents can lead the way / Jeffrey Pflaum.
Computer games, video games, Internet, iPods, DVDs, CDs, texting, social media, and surfing: No wonder reading has a hard time competing for adolescents' attention. Research studies find that interest in reading diminishes after the fourth grade and continues through high school. Throw in a tes...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Rowman & Littlefield Education,
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| Summary: | Computer games, video games, Internet, iPods, DVDs, CDs, texting, social media, and surfing: No wonder reading has a hard time competing for adolescents' attention. Research studies find that interest in reading diminishes after the fourth grade and continues through high school. Throw in a testing culture with all its drill lessons and you still wind up with 50% of college freshman unable to comprehend the textbooks. Whatever happened to motivation? You can lead a horse to water, but ... Motivating Teenand Preteen Readers: How Teachers and Parents Can Lead the Way contains over 1,000 diverse, o. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (267 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266) |
| ISBN: | 9781610480345 1610480341 1283173093 9781283173094 9786613173096 6613173096 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |