High Profile Football Players' Reading at a Research University: ACT Scores, Interview Responses, and Personal Preferences

Autor/in	Townsend, Martha
Titel	High Profile Football Players' Reading at a Research University: ACT Scores, Interview Responses, and Personal Preferences
Quelle	In: Across the Disciplines, 10 (2013) 4 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-8244
Schlagwörter	Athletes; Team Sports; College Seniors; Interviews; Preferences; Influences; Time to Degree; Reading Habits; Scores; College Entrance Examinations; Case Studies; Readiness; Reading Tests; English Instruction; Reading Motivation; ACT Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Athlet; Mannschaftssport; College; Colleges; Senior; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Reading habit; Lesegewohnheit; Aufnahmeprüfung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lesetest; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Lesemotivation; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Hochschulzulassung
Abstract	This qualitative case study examines the reading acumen of a cohort of twenty-six senior football players at a Midwestern public research university. Data related to three indices--ACT scores, interview responses, and personal preferences--were collected as part of a larger IRB-approved study aimed at determining the factors that led to the entire cohort graduating within their NCAA eligibility period. In general, the players' interview responses and their preferences for recreational reading reveal more about their reading habits than do the ACT data. This feedback, coupled with objective ACT scores, portrays a rich, complex picture of scholarship athletes' literate lives, a picture that defies easy explanation. Overall, the study suggests that college reading and writing instructors may want to reconsider the overwhelmingly negative stereotypes often held about high profile athletes. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	WAC Clearinghouse. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523. Tel: 970-491-3132; Web site: http://wac.colostate.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01