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McHugh, Caroline – 1989
To investigate the effects on students' reading attitudes and interests of sustained silent reading as opposed to reading aloud, a study divided 50 urban third graders into two groups, with 25 in each group. One group of students engaged in an 8-week period of sustained silent reading which was teacher directed before and after the reading…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Oral Reading, Primary Education, 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