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Huang, Yi-Cheng – Cogent Education, 2015
The study aims to verify whether extensive reading (ER) is able to promote senior high school students' English reading motivation and foster positive attitude towards reading in English. It further explores the teachers' perceptions of and the challenges faced in the implementation of ER activities. An ER activity was held for 12 weeks with 258…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Motivation, English (Second Language), Student Attitudes
Nagy, Nancy M.; Campenni, C. Estelle; Shaw, Janet N. – 2000
The practice of sustained silent reading (SSR) is based on the belief that motivation, interest, self-selection, modeling, and time spent reading contribute to student reading achievement. A study was designed to ascertain the prevalence of SSR in classrooms in a particular geographic area and the degree to which the program's original goals are…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Middle Schools, Program Implementation, Reading Achievement
Jostes, Kara J. – 1993
The lack of leisure reading of learning disabled seventh graders was addressed by the implementation of a 3-part reading program. First, a sustained silent reading program was established school-wide on a daily basis. Second, a target group of 15 seventh grade learning disabled students participated in sustained silent reading with writing twice a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 7, Instructional Effectiveness, Junior High School Students