Marg, Here is a website on research done about AR that I thought was well-done. I am at a school where we have extrinsic rewards for reading (which I object to) through AR points. I basically tell my students about AR (as required) and let it go. I face the fact that "my picture in the car was last on the road' because my students made less points than anyone else. Yet my students all passed the reading portion of the state test!
http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/whatsnu_ar.html#krashen In my opinion, the money that might purchase an AR program is better spent on buying quality books for the students, and helping the teachers to motivate the students to enjoy reading (have Jim Trelease come for a visit for example). Good luck. Freida Hammett 3rd/Ga ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
