The Accelerated Reader: An Analysis of the Software's Strengths and Weaknesses and How It Can Be Used to Its Best Potential.

Poock, Melanie M.

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ERIC Number: EJ565465

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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The Accelerated Reader: An Analysis of the Software's Strengths and Weaknesses and How It Can Be Used to Its Best Potential.

Poock, Melanie M.

School Library Media Activities Monthly, v14 n9 p32-35 May 1998

Describes Accelerated Reader (AR), a computer software program that promotes reading; discusses AR hardware requirements; explains how it is used for book selection and testing in schools; assesses the program's strengths and weaknesses; and describes how Grant and Madison Elementary Schools (Muscatine, Iowa) have used the program effectively. (PEN)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software Evaluation, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Attitudes, Reading Instruction, Reading Motivation

Publication Type: Book/Product Reviews; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Iowa

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