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Peer reviewedFarrell, Ellen – Journal of Reading, 1982
Reports that junior high school students who spent an entire school year in a formal sustained silent reading program made dramatic increases in reading ability and interest. (AEA)
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Literature Appreciation, Program Descriptions
Coley, Joan D. – 1983
By 1981 Project READ had distributed more than one-half million books to 500 American schools or alternative institutions and had established workshops to train teachers in reading motivation techniques and the use of sustained silent reading. To evaluate the project, pre- and post-testing of reading gains, student evaluations, and individual…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Motivation Techniques, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
