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Download full textPiotrowski, Joanne B. – 1996
A study determined if reading aloud to fourth-grade students would have a positive effect on their attitudes toward reading, and if there would be a difference between the attitudes of boys and girls. In Jersey City, New Jersey, 28 fourth-grade students were read aloud to on a daily basis for 15 minutes over 14 weeks. A pretest and posttest were…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Reading Aloud to Others
Cosgrove, Maryellen Smith – 1987
A study examined how regular listening to oral reading by teachers affected fourth and sixth grade students' reading comprehension, attitudes towards reading, and time spent doing independent reading. Subjects, 221 students from six diverse school systems in Connecticut, were read to for 20 minutes, three times per week, for 12 weeks. Pre- and…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Oral Reading
