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ERIC Number: EJ487823
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0510
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Shaking the Tree of "Forbidden Fruit": A Study of Light Reading.
Russikoff, Karen A.; Pilgreen, Janice L.
Reading Improvement, v31 n2 p122-24 Sum 1994
Finds no foundation for the fear teachers and parents have that "light reading" (comic books, magazines, and novels) will limit higher-level reading. Notes that the vast majority of doctoral students at a major southern California university responded affirmatively to light reading as youths. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Higher Education, Reading Habits, Reading Interests, Reading Materials, Reading Research, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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