Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 413 citations · 0 references
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The review highlights current concerns about boys and literacy, exploring their interests, the instrumental value of school reading, contexts that promote literacy, and the texts they enjoy. The study aims to address the profound challenge of applying classroom practices to improve boys’ literacy engagement. The authors provide appendices detailing major coding categories, reading log directions, and a protocol analysis system for categorizing moves by story. 1.
1. What's Going Down: A Review of the Current Concerns Around Boys and Literacy 2. Going with the Flow: What Boys Like to Do and Why They Like to Do It 3. Do the Right Thing: The Instrumental Value of School and Reading 4. Mostly Outside, Rarely Inside: Situations That Promote Literacy 5. May I Have the Envelope Please? The Texts Boys Enjoy and Why They Enjoy Them 6. A Profound Challenge: Applications for Classroom Practice Appendixes: A. Major Coding Categories B. Reading Log Directions and Examples C. Category System for the Protocol Analysis and Distribution of Moves by Story