Learning from the boys : looking inside the reading lives of three adolescent boys

• Main Author: Lee, Valarie G. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2012]
• Subjects: Reading (Secondary) > United States > Case studies.; Teenage boys > Books and reading > United States > Case studies.; Sex differences in education > United States > Case studies.; elektronické knihy; Case studies.; Education > Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects.; Philosophy and theory of education.; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806614660
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-979-8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 133 pages)

The "Boy Crisis" is cited often in educational and news reports due to the consistent reading achievement gap for boys and the statistics paint a dismal picture of boys in school. Politicians and researchers often focus on boys' low scores on reading achievement tests and compare thes...