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Bang-Jensen, Valerie – Language Arts, 2010
This article considers three emergent themes from informal discussions with fourth and fifth graders about their book selections from the Vermont Children's Choice program. Twelve students were interviewed about how they selected books from the list. Student responses showed that they held the DCF nominee list in high regard, that they relied…
Descriptors: Readability, School Choice, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Cholewinski, Mitzi; Holliday, Sue – Language Arts, 1979
A "Personalized Contract Book Program," modeled on the way that competent readers learn to read at home, provided a nonpressured environment that fostered students' reading development. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Program Descriptions, Reading Aloud to Others