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Hunt, Lyman C., Jr. – Reading Teacher, 1997
Reprints a classic article published in this journal in 1970. Considers the interplay between interest, motivation, and self direction on the one hand, and the reading levels concept on the other hand. Warns that the concept of reading levels is often focused on errors, and that this tends to distort perceptions with regard to the primary goal of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Difficulties