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Peer reviewedLangford, Judith C.; Allen, Elizabeth G. – Reading Horizons, 1983
Reports that regular participation by groups of fifth- and sixth- grade students in a program of uninterrupted sustained silent reading was accompanied by improved performance on a measure of reading achievement over groups who did not participate in the program. Whether the program affected reading attitudes is not clear. (FL)
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedDwyer, Edward J.; Reed, Valda – Reading Horizons, 1989
Examines the effect of sustained silent reading (SSR) on reading attitudes of boys and girls. Finds that boys have a substantially poorer attitude toward reading than girls and that SSR has no demonstrable effect on either sex. (RS)
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Reading Attitudes
