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Spear-Swerling, Louise; Wei, Yan; Dostal, Hannah; Hernandez, Brittney – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
This study examined the print exposure of teacher candidates (N = 195) in relation to their GPAs, achievement in reading and writing on the SAT, and their self-ratings of their own early (K to Grade 5) reading experiences. Participants came from undergraduate and Masters programs in varied certification areas and from two different universities.…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Preservice Teachers, Reading Achievement, Measurement Techniques
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Chen, Su-Yen; Chang, Hsing-Yu; Yang, Shih Ruey – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
The linkage between reading for pleasure and language ability has been well established, but the relationship between content-based recreational reading and academic achievement in various subject areas has rarely been explored. To investigate whether reading literature, social studies, and science trade books for pleasure is related to students'…
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, Academic Achievement, Social Studies, Sciences
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Robb, Thomas; Kano, Makimi – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2013
We report on a large-scale implementation of extensive reading (ER) in a university setting in Japan where all students were required to read outside class time as part of their course requirement. A pre/posttest comparison between the 2009 cohort of students who read outside of class and the 2008 cohort who did no outside reading shows that the…
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, Foreign Countries, Pretests Posttests, College Students