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Peer reviewedSadoski, Mark C. – Reading Improvement, 1980
Reviews the history and rationale of uninterrupted sustained silent reading and the research related to the technique. Draws conclusions regarding its effectiveness in reading instruction and its place in the elementary school curriculum. (FL)
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedSadoski, Mark C. – Reading Horizons, 1984
Concludes that when its guidelines are met, sustained silent reading seems to unite selected positive aspects of both direct and open instruction models into an effective activity. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedSadoski, Mark C. – Journal of Reading, 1980
Describes a pilot program to determine the desirability of starting a sustained silent reading program. Reports on a survey that assessed student and faculty attitudes. (JT)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Pilot Projects, Program Development, Reading Attitudes
Download full textSadoski, Mark C. – 1982
Sustained silent reading (SSR) is intended to promote reading growth through allowing students to have sustained encounters with self-selected reading material without interruption in the presence of positive peer and teacher role models. Recent research suggests that SSR is of significant value when combined with a regular program of reading.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
