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Download full textSchwartz, Wendy – 2002
This digest discusses how schools and families can improve native English speaking boys' reading skills, particularly poor, minority boys. It examines ways to increase the time boys spend reading and the enjoyment they get from reading. Boys tend to learn to read later, take longer to learn, comprehend narrative texts less easily, value reading…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Low Income Groups, Males
