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Richard L. Allington – Phi Delta Kappan, 2024
Richard Allington reviews the nature of the reading achievement gap between students from low-income and high-income families, concluding that the limited access to children's books experienced by children from low-income families lies at the base of the problem. The fact that children from low-income families lose reading achievement every summer…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, Childrens Literature, Books
Sierra, Kimberly Eudora – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this quantitative causal comparative study was to examine to what extent if any, there was a difference in academic and recreational reading motivation and reading achievement between third grade students who participated in the Accelerated Reading curriculum (AR) (reading software management system), as defined in definitions and…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Recreational Reading, Grade 3, Elementary School Students
Wood, Carla L.; Gabas, Clariebelle M. – Grantee Submission, 2017
Background: Reading attitudes are recognised as an influencing factor on the language and literacy achievement of school age monolingual English-speaking children. The relationship between reading attitudes and achievement in young Spanish-speaking English Learners (ELs) remains understudied. Purpose: The aim of the current study was to describe…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Bilingualism, Positive Attitudes, Recreational Reading
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Wood, Carla L.; Gabas, Clariebelle M. – Educational Research, 2017
Background: Reading attitudes are recognised as an influencing factor on the language and literacy achievement of school age monolingual English-speaking children. The relationship between reading attitudes and achievement in young Spanish-speaking English Learners (ELs) remains understudied. Purpose: The aim of the current study was to describe…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Bilingualism, Positive Attitudes, Recreational Reading