Girls as "Struggling Readers": Delineating the Sociopolitical and Sociocultural Terrains of Books and Reading

Personal conceptions, as motivational factors, influence the appeal of particular books and experiences with those books. [...] by investigating each component simultaneously, we can gain more insight to the relationships between youth and books.

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Published in:Reading research quarterly 2009-10, Vol.44 (4), p.357-359
Main Author: Graff, Jennifer M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adolescence
After School Programs
Analysis
Books and reading
Children & youth
Childrens literature
Childrens picture books
Cognitive learning
Collection policy
Discourse Analysis
early adolescence
Education
Elementary Education
Elementary Schools
factors
Federal Legislation
Females
feminist
gender
Girls
Grade 5
Influence
learner
Libraries
Linguistics
Literacy
Literature
Mass media
National Competency Tests
Personal libraries
Picture books
Political aspects
Popular literature
Racial Relations
Reader Response
Reading Attitudes
Reading difficulties
Reading Material Selection
Reading Materials
Reading Motivation
Reading research
Reading Tests
Reference interviews
self
Self Efficacy
Social aspects
Social Cognition
Social interaction
Society
sociocultural
Sociocultural factors
socioeconomic
struggling
Students
Studies
Teaching Methods
theoretical
topic
type
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Summary:Personal conceptions, as motivational factors, influence the appeal of particular books and experiences with those books. [...] by investigating each component simultaneously, we can gain more insight to the relationships between youth and books.
ISSN:0034-0553
1936-2722
DOI:10.1598/RRQ.44.4.3