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Motivating Students to Read (K - 12)

EDUC 6951T

Help create a community of engaged readers in your classroom with a course dedicated to instilling a love of reading. Explore the factors that affect reading motivation and review current educational practices that influence a student’s motivation to read. Reach students you never thought you could reach before, from struggling to reluctant and dormant readers, with practical, research- based strategies proven to increase reading motivation.

Learn how to:

Increase reading motivation through choice, collaboration, self-efficacy, and environment.
Use technology to promote authentic reading.
Evaluate your own classroom library and make a plan to enhance it.
Increase parent involvement in motivating students to read.

Featured presenters include Peter Afflerbach,

Ph.D., and Linda Gambrell, Ph.D.

*Print format requires Internet access for some reading assignments.

Materials provided include:

Print & DVD format

Study guide: Motivating Students to Read.
DVD: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Motivating Students to Read. Baltimore: Executive Producer.
Course textbooks: Miller, D. (2009). The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child. San Francisco: CA, Jossey-Bass.
Gallapher, K. (2009). Readicide: How Schools are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It. Portland, ME, Stenhouse.
Other required readings.

Online Course

Access to the online classroom for Motivating Students to Read.
Access to video programs online as well as back-up DVD.
Course textbook (same as above) and access to other required readings.

Enrollment Information

Credit: 3 semester hours of graduate credit
Maximum: 3 courses per term
Registration: August 1—November 18, 2011
Completion: coursework due February 29, 2012
Course Withdrawal date: 45 calendar days after you register

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