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- Title
Differential Effects of Male and Female Reading Tutors Based on Boys’ Gendered Views of Reading.
- Authors
Sokal, Laura; Thiem, Cassandra; Crampton, Amanda; Katz, Herb
- Abstract
This study examined the effects of the gender of reading tutors on 173 third and fourth grade mainly inner‐city boys identified as struggling readers. Reading achievement (Alberta Diagnostic Reading Program) and reader self‐perceptions (Readers’ Self‐Perception Scale) were monitored over a 22‐week reading intervention. Findings indicated that the gender of the reading tutors had no effect on reader self‐perceptions in boys who viewed reading as masculine or gender neutral; boys who viewed reading as feminine responded better to female tutors than to male tutors in developing their self‐perceptions as readers. The gender of the tutor had no significant effect on boys’ reading achievement in either group.
- Subjects
READING research; EDUCATION of boys; TUTORING research; TEACHING research; GENDER differences (Psychology); SELF-perception in children; ROLE models; BOOKS &; reading
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Education / Revue Canadienne de l'Éducation, 2009, Vol 32, Issue 2, p245
- ISSN
0380-2361
- Publication type
Article