"Five Readers Browsing: The Reading Interests of Talented Middle School Boys"

Article Title:

"Five Readers Browsing: The Reading Interests of Talented Middle School Boys"

Author: 

Sean Cavazos-Kottke

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APA Citation (from WSCU Online Library):

Cavazos-Kottke, S. (2006). Five Readers Browsing: The Reading Interests of Talented Middle School Boys. Gifted Child Quarterly, 50(2), 132-147.

Summary:

This article is a study administered to five different middle school leveled, gifted/talented male readers. The study is again, promoting the power and influence of student self-choice and honoring those choices within the curriculum of the school to empower intrinsic motivation to read; it follows, interviews, and analyzes the findings of the five different boys' various choices of novels during a trip to a bookstore.  The research study, again, proved that popular fiction was the top choice among the middle school leveled boy. Overall, this study was to enlighten educators on the interests of middle school boys reading choices, when given opportunity to chose their novel selection. Additionally, the study explains and encourages educators/teachers to allow students to self-select what they read, incorporate the independent reading choices into an interpersonal discourse within the classroom environment, and honor the wide variety of student interests within the student pool.