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PDF pending restorationGunner, Alison S.; Smith, Julie A.; Smith, Sauda D. – 1999
This report describes an effective instructional technique for advancing reading comprehension through a balanced reading program. The targeted population consisted of third- and eighth-grade students from three middle class communities located in the south suburbs of Chicago. Reading comprehension concerns were documented through data obtained…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 8
Robertson, Victoria A. – 1989
A study examined whether a group of eighth graders whose teacher read orally to them for 10 minutes daily would develop greater interest in reading for pleasure than similar students who did not experience the teacher reading orally to them. Subjects, 36 urban and suburban youngsters, were divided into an experimental and a control sample.…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Independent Reading, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
