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Peer reviewedLesesne, Teri S. – English Journal, 1991
Offers five suggestions gleaned from research that can help teachers to develop in their students a life-long interest in reading. (PRA)
Descriptors: Literature Appreciation, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedMartin, Patricia – English Journal, 1991
Explores the early childhood through high school reading experiences of teenagers. Provides details about favorite books, television viewing habits, and students' memories. Provides the results of a survey and explores how students who like reading got that way. (PRA)
Descriptors: Literature Appreciation, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedVogel, Mark; Zancanella, Don – English Journal, 1991
Describes the literary lives of four adolescents and explores the reasons why students stop reading as they get older. Discusses what teachers can learn from the opinions of their adolescent students. (PRA)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Literature Appreciation, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits
Peer reviewedHillocks, George, Jr. – English Journal, 1980
Levels of comprehension skills in the reading of literary works are identified and represented in a set of questions comprising an informal reading inventory. Literal and inferential levels of comprehension are explained, and ground rules for developing a set of inventory questions are presented for use. (DF)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Informal Reading Inventories, Literature Appreciation, Reading Comprehension
