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EJ406807 CS739740
Title: Who's at Risk in Reading?Author(s): Vacca, Richard T.; Padak, Nancy D.
Source: Journal of Reading, v33 n7 p486-88 Apr 1990
Publication Date: 1990
Notes: Themed Issue: Reading Instruction for At-Risk Students.
Language: English
Document Type: Guides--Non-classroom (055); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJSEP1990
Draws an analogy
between the insurance business and at-risk students. Argues that
being at-risk in reading means a failure to gain control over reading
and reading to learn, leading to learned helplessness. Discusses
factors associated with learned helplessness. Outlines what teachers
can do for at-risk students. (RS)
Descriptors: *High Risk Students; Reading Attitudes; *Reading Failure;
Reading Processes; Reading Strategies; Secondary Education; Self
Concept
Identifiers: *Learned Helplessness
