Inspiring reading success : interest and motivation in an age of high-stakes testing / Rosalie Fink, S. Jay Samuels, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fink, Rosalie, 1942-

Samuels, S. Jay

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading--United States.

Reading.

United States.

Motivation in education--United States.

Motivation in education.

Physical Description:

xvii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Newark, Del. : International Reading Association, [2008]

Summary:

Despite recent legislation such as No Child Left Behind, students continue to fall behind. This provocative text addresses this gap with a new perspective on reading instruction that goes beyond teaching methods by focusing on how students' interest and motivation enhance reading success. You'll learn about motivation from a stellar lineup of experts, including editors Rosalie Fink and S. Jay Samuels and contributors Janine Bempechat, Kurt W. Fischer, Maria Fusaro, Irene W. Gaskins, John T. Guthrie, Angela McRae, Timothy Rasinski, and Ana Taboada. You'll also discover strategies, activities, and resource lists that will engage all of your students-from struggling to advanced-and inspire them to read.

Contents:

Beating the odds : giving kids a chance to win the game of life / S. Jay Samuels

High-interest reading leaves no child behind / Rosalie Fink

Using student interests to motivate learning / Kurt W. Fischer and Maria Fusaro

Reading success : a motivational perspective / Janine Bempechat

Tenets of motivation for teaching struggling readers and the rest of the class / Irene W. Gaskins

Teaching fluency artfully / Timothy Rasinski

Building engaging classrooms / Ana Taboada, John T. Guthrie, and Angela McRae.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780872076822

0872076822

OCLC:

165082474