Closing Thoughts Teachers who foster reading engagement through classroom instruction and high-interest reading materials not only increase the amount of time that students spend reading silently, but also their overall reading achievement. At the same time, the research shows that teachers who do not focus on student engagement are actually hindering their students by increasing avoidance behaviors. When students avoid reading, they short-circuit the very process that would help them become better readers. Nurturing young readers is not simply a matter of providing instruction that fosters reading engagement—it requires providing instruction that thwarts avoidance behaviors in the classroom (Guthrie and Humenick, 2004).
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