UB the Director: Utilizing Digital Book Trailers to Engage Gifted and Twice-Exceptional Students in Reading

Autor/inn/en	Gunter, Glenda A.; Kenny, Robert F.
Titel	UB the Director: Utilizing Digital Book Trailers to Engage Gifted and Twice-Exceptional Students in Reading
Quelle	In: Gifted Education International, 28 (2012) 2, S.146-160 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-4294
DOI	10.1177/0261429412440378
Schlagwörter	Reading Habits; Academically Gifted; Academic Achievement; Motivation; Classrooms; Academic Ability; Teaching Methods; Intervention; Reading Motivation; Motivation Techniques; Learning Disabilities; Likert Scales; Pretests Posttests; Reading Comprehension; Children; Middle School Students; Early Adolescents; Matching Familiar Figures Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading habit; Lesegewohnheit; Schulleistung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Classroom; Klassenraum; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lesemotivation; Motivationsförderung; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Likert-Skala; Leseverstehen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin
Abstract	Attempts to increase motivation in reluctant readers have been the focus of many local, state and federal reading research initiatives. Only recently have researchers and educators come to understand that many of these same issues also face teachers of gifted and talented learners. Frequently, students who are bright and talented but do not perform to their academic ability are categorized as being underachievers or unmotivated. In this article, the authors explore some reasons why gifted students struggle with reading and why they, like those in regular classrooms, are reluctant to read and write. This study uses a computerized version of the Matching Familiar Figures Test as an identifier and predictor of student performance. An instructional intervention (UB the Director Model) is also utilized to determine if these instructional practices help to overcome these students' reluctance and lack of motivation. (Contains 1 figure and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10