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Gunobgunob-Mirasol, Rosalyn – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2019
Reading is an indispensable tool in the academic world. Most, if not all, activities in varied collegiate courses entail the act of reading. There are many contributing factors that affect one's ability to read and comprehend text materials effectively. Two of the many factors are the reader's vocabulary size and their reading motivation. This…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Reading Motivation, Reading Attitudes, Reading Comprehension
Abeberese, Ama Baafra; Kumler, Todd J.; Linden, Leigh L. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read-a-thon. During the read-a-thon, the program significantly increases the propensity of children to read, causing 20 percent more children to have read a book in the…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Improvement