SSR: Its Effects on Students' Reading Habits after They Complete the Program.

Wiesendanger, Katherine D.; Bader, Lois

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Publication Date: 1989

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SSR: Its Effects on Students' Reading Habits after They Complete the Program.

Wiesendanger, Katherine D.; Bader, Lois

Reading Horizons, v29 n3 p162-66 Spr 1989

Studies the effect of sustained silent reading (SSR) on recreational reading habits after termination of instruction. Finds that SSR students read more than those not in the program, and that SSR has no impact on above average readers, great impact on average readers, and little impact on below average readers. (RS)

Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Habits, Reading Research, Recreational Reading, Sustained Silent Reading

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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