What Works: Free Voluntary Reading in Schools.

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ERIC Number: EJ469236

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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ISSN: ISSN-0315-8888

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What Works: Free Voluntary Reading in Schools.

Emergency Librarian, v21 n1 p33 Sep-Oct 1993

Describes a research finding about the impact of free voluntary reading in schools (i.e., time set aside for young people to read what they want to read) on reading comprehension, vocabulary development, spelling, written style, oral/aural language, and control of grammar. (KRN)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Reading, Language Skills, Learning Resources Centers, Reading Improvement, Reading Research, School Libraries

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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