Learning to Read in the Computer Age: Developing Reading Engagement

Learning to Read in the Computer Age is part of a series entitled From Reading Research to Practice, edited by Jeanne Chall. Chapter 4, "Developing Reading Engagement," is available online through the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) and explores factors that contribute to student engagement with text, including instruction, challenge, feedback, scaffolding, interest, and learning contexts. The chapter concludes with a discussion of how computer learning can foster engagement in each of these areas.