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Peer reviewedSmith, Frederick R.; Feathers, Karen M. – Journal of Reading, 1983
Reports on a study of the role of reading in two middle school and two high school content area classrooms. Concludes that for students in all four classes, reading was neither meaningful nor necessary, with the main purpose of reading being to locate answers to literal questions. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Assignments, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
