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Download full textAllison, Lane M. – 1994
A study compared the choices of Charlottesville area children with those from Children's Choice lists, published annually in "The Reading Teacher." Subjects, 62 third- to sixth-grade students, were interviewed before they checked books out of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library Main Branch in Charlottesville, Virginia. Children were…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Reading Interests
Pettengill, Sally A. – 1992
A study tested the hypothesis that students who were required to read a book of their choice for 15 minutes per night would have a more positive attitude toward reading than similar students who did not have that assignment. The Estes Attitude Scale for reading was given to two classes (high group and low group) of sixth graders in central…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 6, Homework, Independent Reading
