Comprehensive Self-Selected Reading and Student Engagement With the Novel: A Program Evaluation

<p>Not reading (Krashen, 2009) is a phenomenon widely noted in students assigned to read as a part of school curriculum. A solution to the many criticisms and deficits cited in the literature surrounding the practice of not reading may lie in the CSSR (Comprehensive Self-Selected Reading) program chosen for focus in this study. In this high school student-reading program, incoming students are guided through a process of textual self-selection and evaluation in an enthusiastic, engaging, and motivating manner. During an eight-month study duration, thirty-two 10th grade students actively read a total of 24,419 pages collaboratively, and 763.09 pages on average. 41% of the sample population attempted novels considered advanced for 10th graders, in defiance of Lexile rating system flaws which categorize many rigorous novels as "low level" despite their reputation as staples of high school literature. Examples of academic, enthusiastic, and transformative engagement with reading were noted in concluding student interviews.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

International and Multicultural Education

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Jensen, Jennesis Kathleen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Brian Gerrard
• Shabnam Koirala
• Betty Taylor

• High School
• Lexile
• Not Reading
• Program Evaluation
• SSR
• Education
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
• Secondary Education and Teaching

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/diss/117

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:diss-1115