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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
Download full textMatsumura, Lindsay Clare; Slater, Sharon Cadman; Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Crosson, Amy; Levison, Allison; Peterson, Maureen; Resnick, Lauren; Junker, Brian – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2006
This study presents preliminary findings from research developing an instructional quality assessment (IQA) toolkit that could be used to monitor the influence of reform initiatives on students' learning environments and to guide professional development efforts within a school or district. This report focuses specifically on the portion of the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Assignments, Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Crowhurst, Marion – 1987
Focusing on the effects of three interventions on students' reading and writing of persuasive discourse, a study investigated (1) whether the writing of persuasive discourse can be improved by instruction, and (2) the effect of reading on writing and of writing on reading within the persuasive mode. Subjects, 100 Canadian sixth graders stratified…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
