FAU Lab Schools Teacher Research

Peer-supported learning is a powerful tool in literacy development, particularly in elementary grades where students are building foundational reading skills. Reading partnerships provide opportunities for students to engage collaboratively, allow for peer modeling, and shared problem-solving.

Engaging read alouds play a crucial role in literacy development and overall cognitive and social-emotional growth. According to Anderson (1985), reading aloud to students is the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading.

The overall goal of this study is to increase student motivation to read while investigating the components of book clubs that lead to greater motivation, and possibly stronger readers.

Historically, the diversity of literature in secondary public school classrooms fails to reflect the diversity of the student population in 21st century American schools.