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Watson, Jane – 1983
Using a newly developed 6-week course, a study examined the effect of children's literature on the reading attitude and fluency of secondary remedial students. Subjects were 10 tenth- through twelfth-grade students enrolled in a central Washington State alternative high school for students who dropped out of regular high school but who still…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, High Schools, Informal Reading Inventories, Lesson Plans