Effect of Personalized Basal Stories on the Reading Comprehension of Fourth-Grade Poor and Average Readers.

Bracken, Bruce A.

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Effect of Personalized Basal Stories on the Reading Comprehension of Fourth-Grade Poor and Average Readers.

Bracken, Bruce A.

Contemporary Educational Psychology, v7 n4 p320-24 Oct 1982

Fourth-grade children previously identified as poor readers comprehended more information when they read personalized, as opposed to standard, stories. Names and places given by the students personalized the stories. No difference was found among children of average reading ability on this variable. (Author/PN)

Descriptors: Basal Reading, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Low Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Student Motivation

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Fry Readability Formula; Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests

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