Snippets:
- The expectancy-value model suggests some strategies, most of them pretty intuitive. The value will be higher if
- the book is on a topic the child already loves, or
- if it’s a book that a lot of his peers have read, or
- if it concerns a topic of practical utility to the child.
- The expectation of successful reading will be higher if it’s at the right reading level,
- if it includes a lot of pictures (as a graphic novel does),
- if the chapters are short, or
- if the child already knows the story.
- By the time kids are in their late teens, average media exposure approaches 11 hours per day.