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Direct linkHorne, Sarah Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Striving adolescent readers often find themselves with little or no support once they enter high school. The success of independent reading programs that target students' reading levels and accommodate student interest at the elementary level is well-documented. As students progress throughout their school years, such freedom is traditionally…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Adolescents, High School Students, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedChase, Elaine; Goodin, Penny; Nichols, W. Randolph – ERS Spectrum, 2010
The Accelerated Reader program from Renaissance Learning Inc. is a popular program implemented in elementary and middle schools across the country that encourages students to read and monitors their progress in the program. Despite its widespread use and popularity, there have been some questions about the program's effectiveness at increasing…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Middle Schools, Program Evaluation, Independent Reading
Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2009
"READ 180" is a reading program designed for students in elementary through high school whose reading achievement is below the proficient level. The goal of "READ 180" is to address gaps in students' skills through the use of a computer program, literature, and direct instruction in reading skills. The software component of the…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Intervention, Reading Achievement, Literacy
Allison, 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
Hampton City School Board, VA. – 1973
The purposes of this handbook, designed as part of the Right to Read Program in Hampton, Virginia, were to provide the middle grade teacher with both a progressive reading skills objectives list with a suggested management system for using these skills in classroom reading instruction and a list of activities which can be used in teacher-directed…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Critical Reading, Educational Objectives, Independent Reading
