Mangieri, J. N., & Olsen, H. D. (1977). Self-Concept-of-Achievement Ability and Reading Proficiency of Black and White Males in an Adult Education Course. The Journal of Negro Education, 46(4), 456 – 461. Black & white M adult education students (N = 188) aged 17 to 45 years were administered the Nelson-Denny Reading… Continue Reading Self-Concept-of-Achievement Ability and Reading Proficiency of Black and White Males in an Adult Education Course
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Breaking down barriers that disenfranchise African American adolescent readers in low-level tracks
Tatum, A. W. (2000). Breaking down barriers that disenfranchise African American adolescent readers in low-level tracks. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52-64. Tatum, a teacher and researcher, discusses ways of helping African American adolescents with poor reading skills read, understand and respond to literature with word study activities, fluency development… Continue Reading Breaking down barriers that disenfranchise African American adolescent readers in low-level tracks
Reading and the African American male: Identity, equity, and power
Tatum, A. W. (1999). Reading and the African American male: Identity, equity, and power. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 62-64. Tatum relates that the sounds, meanings, perceptions, and the sensual experience of his first encounters with words seemed to open up a new way of life for him. He narrates… Continue Reading Reading and the African American male: Identity, equity, and power