The University of San Francisco USF Scholarship: a digital repository @ Gleeson Library | Geschke Center Doctoral Dissertations Theses, Dissertations, Capstones and Projects 2015 Comprehensive Self-Selected Reading and Student Engagement With the Novel: A Program Evaluation Jennesis Kathleen Jensen University of San Francisco,
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[email protected]. The University of San Francisco COMPREHENSIVE SELF-SELECTED READING AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NOVEL: A PROGRAM EVALUATION A Dissertation Presented to The Faculty of the School of Education International and Multicultural Education Department In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Education by Jennesis Kathleen Jensen DeRosales San Francisco, California December 2014 THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO Dissertation Abstract Comprehensive Self-Selected Reading and Student Engagement With the Novel: A Program Evaluation Not reading (Krashen, 2009) is a phenomenon widely noted in students assigned to read as a part of school curriculum. A solution to the many criticisms and deficits cited in the literature surrounding the practice of not reading may lie in the CSSR (Comprehensive Self-Selected Reading) program chosen for focus in this study.