Adolescent readers' perceptions of remedial reading classes: a case study. From: Reading Improvement | Date: December 22, 2007| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2007 Project Innovation (Alabama). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Ms. Donalson walked around the eighth grade classroom encouraging students to stay on task. The remedial reading class had six students. All six of the students had minimal reading skills as measured on the Gates MacGinite reading test. In addition to struggling academically, most of them also struggled with behavior issues both inside and outside of school.

"This is stupid", exclaimed Albert, "I'm not going to read this stuff." Jose sat in the back of the room hunched over with his cap coveting his eyes. He had not come to class with a pencil, a book, or notebook paper. Jose ...

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