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Using Nooks to Hook Reluctant Readers
Author(s) -
Dierking Rebecca
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1002/jaal.366
Subject(s) - reading (process) , hook , novelty , psychology , class (philosophy) , qualitative research , chose , pedagogy , mathematics education , social psychology , computer science , linguistics , sociology , philosophy , artificial intelligence , law , political science , structural engineering , engineering , social science
This article presents the findings of a two‐year qualitative study of electronic reading device use with high school sophomores, most of whom self‐identified as reluctant or struggling readers. Electronic readers were used primarily in one weekly fifty‐minute class period, during silent sustained reading, wherein students chose freely their texts. The author‐researcher identifies five qualities of using electronic readers that appeared to help keep students engaged with reading: convenience, novelty, escape, privacy, and flow.