myths about adolescents and their choices related to reading. The reading practices of youth from one urban community are examined using mixed methods in an effort to define what, how often, and why adolescents choose to read. By focusing on what features of texts youth find motivating, the authors find that reading and writing frequently occur in a range of literacy contexts outside school. However, only reading novels on a regular basis outside of school is shown to have a positive relationship to academic achievement as measured by school grades. This article describes how adolescents read texts that are embedded in social networks, allowing them to build social capital. Conclusions are framed in terms of the mysteries that remain — name...
Research into literacy development continues to be essential, especially considering the alarmingly ...
This article examines how a teacher drew on her urban students ’ outside-school literacies to inform...
This study examines and understands the behavior of reading for pleasure among urban adolescents as ...
This study is concerned with the social production of adolescent readers of fiction and with the for...
This research used an inductive qualitative method to examine how adolescents participate in online ...
The purpose of this study was to uncover aliteracy and identify marginalized readers (Moje, Young, R...
Adolescents today live in a world characterized by a vast array of media available at their fingerti...
This thesis explores the influences of social networks and social support on the literacy engagement...
This thesis explores the influences of social networks and social support on the literacy engagement...
Books written for teenagers portray the lives of young people and frequently include depictions of t...
Young people’s frequency of engagement in reading books for pleasure markedly decreases as they move...
Few studies have documented the literacy activities in an after-school setting of affluent early ado...
The research question in this action research was, what beliefs and perspectives do adolescent reade...
This study examined the relationship between reading achievement and less-than-proficient urban adol...
One indicator of the current interest in adolescent literacy is the number of different attributes t...
Research into literacy development continues to be essential, especially considering the alarmingly ...
This article examines how a teacher drew on her urban students ’ outside-school literacies to inform...
This study examines and understands the behavior of reading for pleasure among urban adolescents as ...
This study is concerned with the social production of adolescent readers of fiction and with the for...
This research used an inductive qualitative method to examine how adolescents participate in online ...
The purpose of this study was to uncover aliteracy and identify marginalized readers (Moje, Young, R...
Adolescents today live in a world characterized by a vast array of media available at their fingerti...
This thesis explores the influences of social networks and social support on the literacy engagement...
This thesis explores the influences of social networks and social support on the literacy engagement...
Books written for teenagers portray the lives of young people and frequently include depictions of t...
Young people’s frequency of engagement in reading books for pleasure markedly decreases as they move...
Few studies have documented the literacy activities in an after-school setting of affluent early ado...
The research question in this action research was, what beliefs and perspectives do adolescent reade...
This study examined the relationship between reading achievement and less-than-proficient urban adol...
One indicator of the current interest in adolescent literacy is the number of different attributes t...
Research into literacy development continues to be essential, especially considering the alarmingly ...
This article examines how a teacher drew on her urban students ’ outside-school literacies to inform...
This study examines and understands the behavior of reading for pleasure among urban adolescents as ...