No More Reading for Junk: Best Practices for Motivating Readers

by Linda Gambrell, Barbara A Marinak, Linda B. Gambrell

Book Overview

Pizza. Pez dispensers. Nerf balls. When we give students "junk" to reward reading, we are focusing their intention away from the act of reading and from their own independence as readers. Instead, we can create classrooms where reading is seen as its own reward. In this book, esteemed researcher Linda Gambrell provides a research-based context for cultivating children's intrinsic motivation to read and identifies three essential principles, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325061572
• ISBN13: 9780325061573
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 5