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Peer reviewedLevine, Steven G. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Recommends using the technique of uninterrupted sustained silent reading to improve student attitudes toward reading. (AEA)
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Remedial Reading
Download full textMaguiness, Colleen – 1999
Westerns Springs College in Auckland, New Zealand is an inner city coeducational secondary school of 670 multicultural and diverse students. Achievement test results in reading comprehension and vocabulary grouped students at the top and bottom of the scale. Reading was identified as a significant barrier to learning and in 1997 staff agreed to…
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), Foreign Countries, Inner City, Locus of Control
Ediger, Marlow – 2002
This paper discusses the importance of reading aloud to students. It emphasizes the teacher's need to plan carefully when to read and what books to read. The paper suggests the following ideas should guide a teacher's choice of reading material: whether the story will capture students' attention; whether the story will increase students'…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Habits
