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Building Reading Confidence in Adolescents

Holly A. Johnson | Lauren Freedman | Karen F. Thomas
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adolescent readers
adolesent literature
at-risk students
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collaborative learning
comprehension
content literacy
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failure free reading
literacy
literacy skills
metacognition skills
metacognitive processing
middle school readers
reading confidence
reading independence
reading self efficacy
reading styles
self-efficacy
self-esteem
struggling readers
student impowerment
vocabulary

Product details

  • ISBN 9781412953535
  • Weight: 480g
  • Dimensions: 215 x 279mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Feb 2008
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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"A tremendous book. Research shows—and teachers know—that student motivation is a central challenge. This text provides fresh insight into self-efficacy, an essential component of motivation, by exploring what it is, how to cultivate it, and how to nurture it in the context of innovative teaching that develops literacy competency in a range of areas."
—Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Professor of English Education
Boise State University

Build students′ self-confidence in reading with clear strategies you can implement today!

All students need to feel good about who they are, their capabilities, and potential. Many adolescents, however, may suffer from insecurities about their ability to grasp and comprehend ideas, particularly when it involves reading. How can teachers nurture in students the literacy skills that foster a sense of competence and enthusiasm?

In this practical guide, the authors present a unique framework of research-based strategies for building reading self-efficacy by focusing on four important concepts: confidence, independence, metacognition, and stamina. Building Reading Confidence in Adolescents offers real classroom scenarios that help instructors develop more proficient readers in Grades 6–12. Ideal for all types of classrooms—from urban centers to rural settings—this book helps teachers explore critical elements such as:

  • Creating classroom conditions and practices to support learner success
  • Identifying individual student strengths and challenges with written/visual materials
  • Linking the cognitive and affective domains to build students′ skills
  • Developing positive teacher-student relationships

Help your students learn to work through any reading challenge to become confident, independent readers who are fully engaged as learners.
About Holly A. Johnson | Karen F. Thomas | Lauren Freedman
Holly Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Division of Teacher Education at the University of Cincinnati. where she teaches adolescent literacy courses for students interested in becoming middle school teachers. Her research focuses on adolescent literacy and literature, and issues of social justice. She taught middle school language arts and social studies in Kentucky and Arizona, and was an industrial arts teacher in Botswana, Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Lauren Freedman is a Professor of Literacy Studies at Western Michigan University. Her primary areas of expertise include the role of self efficacy in literacy development, the use of multiple materials within and across the curriculum, inquiry as a framework for instruction and literacy strategy development, and the role of student-led, small group discussion within learning-centered classroom communities. Karen F. Thomas has been a classroom instructor and administrator in both elementary and middle/high school for 15 years teaching reading and English in urban, public, private and overseas settings before her current teaching at the college level for the 15 plus years. Currently, Thomas is a Professor of Literacy Education at Western Michigan University teaching undergraduate and graduate classes where she also serves as Director of the Dorothy J. McGinnis Reading Center and Clinic and editor of Reading Horizons. She also is involved with a number of community initiatives for literacy as part of the Western Michigan University′s Clinic Outreach Program as well as co-investigator for an Early Reading First 3.4 million dollar grant working with Headstart populations.

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