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Language and Literacy Education
Reading promotion; Preteens--Books and reading; School children--Books and reading;
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Factors That Influence Independent Reading Habits, Janice Rose Rosauer
Factors That Influence Independent Reading Habits, Janice Rose Rosauer
Graduate Research Papers
As our society begins to look for ways to raise the literacy level in the United States the focus is centered on our schools and helping students become life long readers. Questions have arisen about why some students have developed an aversion to reading at early ages and why some students who have strong reading skills choose not to read on a regular basis. The purpose of this research was to explore upper elementary students' attitudes about reading and explore different factors that influence these students to develop the motivation to engage in independent reading.
Parents as well as the …