Re: SEC: reading motivation

[Gerald Brown <browner@CYBERSPC.MB.CA>]

        02 February 1996
        Responding from Canada... where the thermometer has no bottom !
        You may wish to read the minor thesis paper done by
                Margaret Lois Elliott-Gerber
                The Effects of an Independent Reading Program
                Intervention on the Reading Motivation of Grade
                Nine Students.
        She may be contacted at Sisler High School Library
                                1360 Redwood Avenue
                                Winnipeg, Manitoba  R2X 0Z1
                                Canada
                                Phone:  204-589-8321
                                FAX:    204-586-0625
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        Gerald R. Brown, Consultant, Library Media Services
        3403 - 55 Nassau Street North
        Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3L 2G8  Canada
        Phone & FAX:  204-284-5620
        E mail: browner@cyberspc.mb.ca
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On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, Carol Mackey - MTV wrote:

> Recent action research at this three-year high school indicates that our
> students do not read for pleasure. SURPRISE!  Furthermore, they have
> skills that are below the level we'd like.
>
> People on the reading committee who did the research have requested that I
> poll this group (they've heard a lot about you) to see what, besides
> booktalks, you and/or others in your building are doing to encourage
> secondary students to read for pleasure.
>
> Brief messages are fine - don't think you need to write a detailed
> description of what you have done. Success stories are welcomed, as are
> things you may have tried that have not produced the results you wished.
>
> TIA for your help.
>
> Carol Mackey
> Mountain View HS
> Vancouver, WA 98665
> cmackey@egreen. wednet .edu
>