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Peer reviewedUjiie, Joanne; Krashen, Stephen D. – Reading Improvement, 1996
Asks seventh-grade boys (in a middle-class school and a school where 82% of students were eligible for Chapter 1 funding) about comic book reading. Finds that those who reported more comic book reading also reported more pleasure reading in general, greater reading enjoyment, and reading more books. Finds no difference in frequency of comic book…
Descriptors: Comics (Publications), Comparative Analysis, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
