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Brekke, Gerald – Mankato Statement, 1987
A study compared the amount of time spent in reading at different grade levels between 1961 and 1985, specifically examining the differences in time allocation practices for formal reading and for other reading, and the ways in which these practices compare in different geographic regions during these years. The 1961 study obtained data from 1,224…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading, Early Reading
Sawyer, Shirley – 1993
A study determined the relationship, if any, between students' learning styles and the types of books they choose to read independently, as well as the amount of time they spend reading independently. Study participants were 72 seventh-grade students attending a middle school in Cobb County, Georgia, who had scored 70 or above in any of the four…
Descriptors: Books, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7
