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Pettengill, Sally A. – 1992
A study tested the hypothesis that students who were required to read a book of their choice for 15 minutes per night would have a more positive attitude toward reading than similar students who did not have that assignment. The Estes Attitude Scale for reading was given to two classes (high group and low group) of sixth graders in central…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 6, Homework, Independent Reading
McHugh, Caroline – 1989
To investigate the effects on students' reading attitudes and interests of sustained silent reading as opposed to reading aloud, a study divided 50 urban third graders into two groups, with 25 in each group. One group of students engaged in an 8-week period of sustained silent reading which was teacher directed before and after the reading…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Oral Reading, Primary Education, Reading Aloud to Others
