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Newcomer, Beverly – 1988
A study examined whether the use of a listening station (comprised of books on tapes) would have a positive effect upon the reading interest of first graders. Subjects, 18 first grade children who were randomly selected from three reading groups in a suburban community school, were equally divided into an experimental and a control sample. While…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Grade 1
Sullivan, Joyce L. – 1988
A study examined whether reading aloud to kindergarten children on a regular basis would have an effect on their attention span. Subjects, 28 kindergarten students from a New Jersey school, were pretested and then assigned either to an experimental group or to a control group (14 in each group). The experimental sample received the treatment of…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Classroom Research
