Reading Dont Fix No Chevy

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Reading Dont Fix No Chevy

• A quick review of the research from Reading Dont
  Fix No Chevy by Michael Smith (2002)

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys take longer to learn to read than girls

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys read less than girls

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys dont comprehend narrative as well as girls

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys tend to be better at information retrieval
  and work related literature than girls

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys tend to think they are bad readers

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys value reading as an activity less than girls

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys have much less interest in leisure reading
  than girls

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• A lot more boys declare themselves non readers
  than girls

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys spend less time reading

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys express less enthusiasm for reading than
  girls

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys are more inclined to read informational texts

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys are more inclined to read magazine and
  newspaper articles

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys are more inclined to read comic books and
  graphic novels than girls

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys will resist reading stories about girls,
  more than girls resist reading about boys

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys like to read about hobbies, sports, and
  things they do or want to do

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys like to collect things and tend to like to
  collect series of books

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Poetry is less popular with boys than girls

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys tends to enjoy escapism and humor

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Some groups of boys are passionate about science
  fiction or fantasy

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Some groups of boys are passionate about science
  fiction or fantasy

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• The appearance of a book and cover is important
  to boys

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys are less likely to talk about or respond to
  reading than girls

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Boys prefer active responses to books where they
  get to do something

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• The majority of reading and English teachers, and
  librarians are female.

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• If reading is perceived as feminized, then boys
  will go to great length to avoid it.

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Reading dont fix no Chevy

• Few boys entering school call themselves
  non-readers but by high school, over half do.