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Download full textAsher, Steven R. – 1975
Recent research indicates that boys read as well as girls if given high-interest material but read more poorly if given low-interest material. This study investigated possible factors contributing to the facilitating effect of interest of boys. Two experiments were performed to learn whether high-interest topics are associated with traditionally…
Descriptors: Educational Research, High Interest Low Vocabulary Books, Interest Research, Reading Comprehension
