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- 1. Reading Incentive Programs
- 2. What are they? • Reading Incentive Program- Organized process by which individuals are rewarded for reading
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- 4. What’s your motivation? •Create a love of reading • Entice reluctant readers • Promote the library • Increase circulation • Increase literacy scores through reading practice
- 5. • Technically nota reading incentive program • Reading Management System • Stephen D. Krashen: • Access to reading material • Time to read • Testing on content • Prizes in exchange for points (not necessary to AR)
- 6. Reading Selection • Readingprograms • AR quizzes only cover a allow for self- limited range of selected, interest- material based reading, outside • Reading level of established requirements further curriculum limit available books • Mandatory reading (and may pose privacy programs can justify issues!) library purchases • Selection for books outside of curriculum that are hard to quiz can be limited: how- tos, poetry, etc.
- 7. Reading Time • Mandatoryreading • Mandatory programs = more incentivized reading reading time than could lead to less SSR programs voluntary reading • Possible increase in • Reading time takes literacy with AR at from instruction time the K-3 level • Silent reading isn’t as productive as reading group discussions
- 8. Testing / Assessment •Turns reading into • Could lead to higher another homework standardized test assignment scores • AR tests • Accountability for recall/surface SSR reading, not deeper • Statistics and understanding or quantitative results connection for analysis • Reading = Stress • Immediate feedback for students
- 9. Rewards • Extrinsic rewards • Verbal praise, social stop development of recognition, intrinsic motivations certificates, food, parties, books, charity donations • Engage reluctant readers • Verbal rewards/recognition increase task interest
- 10. Ask Yourself: •Do I focus on individual achievement and goals, so all students are recognized? • Can groups or classes collaborate? Is collaborative work or discussion encouraged? • Are students still reading for other reasons than this program? Do I still promote materials that might not “count” for the incentive? • Are my incentives appropriate and related (public recognition, certificates, books)? *Adapted from Doug Johnson’s “Creating Fat Students Who Don’t Like to Read.”
- 11. “Book Bucks”- DivaSteiner • Voluntary Program • Bucks can be spent • Does not replace on books at fairs curriculum time several times a year • No book criteria, • Bonus Bucks earned open selection from creative engagement- • Students give their posters, dioramas, b review of book and ook covers, etc. summarize the story • Aligns with schools’ “Early Literacy Profiles.”
Editor's Notes
- #3 Book It! Read to Feed! Summer Reading Programs! Charity Donations (Read to Feed)! Books! Verbal recognition & Praise!
- #4 As with politics, it’s complicated, but many people use results to support what they already think. Xkcd- Wikipedian protester. Difficult to research because most articles/research are done on the biggest program: Accelerated Reader
- #5 Not everyone is starting on the same page… reading programs (of any kind) can be more or less successful at these). Different members of a learning institution might have different motivations.
- #6 AR is the most well-known RIP, because it’s management system makes for easy adoption. It is also the most controversial. Krashen breaks down AR into 4 componetsStudies unclear on the outcomes of AR (nothing to compare to), but possibly more harmful than good.
- #7 Librarians or teachers can create quizzes for additional works, but many require students to chose only AR texts.Is selection based on reading level? Problem: reading level does not always correlate with emotional or maturity levels.Problem- If books are labeled by reading level- it’s been suggested this could compromise student’s rights to privacy.
- #8 - Some studies show Students K-3rd do show some improvement in literacy over non AR, possibly because of extra practice, but no comparison to non-AR SSR programs, etc.
- #9 Some students appreciate the immediate feedback, and enjoy working to improve their scores.
- #10 Research varies on whether rewards damage development of love of reading. Some studies show that other factors, like choice of materials, setting own goals, effect far more.
- #12 Book Bucks is a RIP developed by Diva Steiner, an elementary librarian from NY. 3-5th graders receive $1 Buck for every 30 pages read, K-2 receive $1 for every book readThe Book forms were changed to match Early Literacy profiles, to help teachers gauge comprehension & reading improvement.