More Time and Choices Overcome Students' Resistance to Reading.

Virgil, Sharon

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ERIC Number: EJ494459

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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More Time and Choices Overcome Students' Resistance to Reading.

Virgil, Sharon

Clearing House, v68 n1 p52-54 Sep-Oct 1994

Reviews research on students' attitudes toward reading. Argues that, given more free reading time and more choice about what to read, students are more likely to form the habit of lifelong reading. (SR)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Reading, Lifelong Learning, Literature Appreciation, Literature Reviews, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits, Reading Material Selection, Recreational Reading, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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