Author Question: In Reading Don't Fix No Chevys, Smith and Wilhelm (2002) concluded: a. Graphic novels and comic ... (Read 34 times)

daltonest1984 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

In Reading Don't Fix No Chevys, Smith and Wilhelm (2002) concluded:

a. Graphic novels and comic books are more popular with girls than boys.
b. Girls prefer visual text and judge a book by its cover.
c. Boys seem to prefer nonfiction, magazines, and newspapers and prefer short texts or texts with short sections while girls enjoy leisure reading more than boys.
d. Both boys and girls prefer leisure reading to about the same degree.

Question 2

Regarding multicultural books actually being published, what might be the best conclusion?

a. Young adult literature has improved to the point where teachers and library media specialists do not have to be overly concerned with bias, distortion, stereotypes, racism, and sexism.
b. Unfortunately, good evaluation tools for selecting multicultural literature do not existteachers and library media specialists must rely on their own judgment.
c. Culture and ethnicity should be the main criteria when selecting multicultural literaturediversiti es such as gender, social class, and sexual orientation should be lesser considerations.
d. Although cultures are shown from more objective perspectives, there are still too many inaccuracies, extreme dialectical differences, and stereotypical perspectives.