Re: AR in High School

[Maggi Rohde <maggi@INTRANET.ORG>]

On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Gail Smith wrote:
> Just a question, if AR is truly successful at the elementary and
> middle level why don't the students have a love of reading when
> they get to High School?

I think it's pretty clear that AR does not instill a love of
reading.  What it does do is coerce children to read.  The only good
thing I can see about this is that the more experience they have
with reading, the more likely it is they will be adequate readers.
I would never expect AR to produce happy readers -- only functional
ones.  (The same goes for just about any extrinsic motivational
method, such as summer reading programs, etc.)

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Maggi Rohde, Library/Media Specialist
Allen Elementary School, Ann Arbor, MI
        maggi@intranet.org
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