Who Are Struggling Middle School Readers?
Both new and experienced middle school teachers can quickly name the students who either cannot or will not read in their classrooms. Likewise, most teachers have formulated their own beliefs about what the greatest challenges are in reading for particular students, such as lack of motivation, limited vocabulary and knowledge about the world, weak comprehension skills, or limited decoding skills. Most teachers probably do have a ballpark idea about the roots of their students’ reading problems. However, research and our own experiences indicate that reading difficulties in middle school defy simplistic or singular explanations, particularly if we are to use our knowledge about students to develop a plan of action for helping them to become more engaged and successful readers. The mixed identities of struggling readers: Uneven development Large-scale assessments indicate that we have significant numbers of students across achievement levels in the middle grades who struggle with reading
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