The Effect of Specificity of Reading Purposes on Children's Reading Achievement.

Jones, Margaret B.

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Publication Date: 1976

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The Effect of Specificity of Reading Purposes on Children's Reading Achievement

Jones, Margaret B.

Journal of Reading Behavior, 8, 4, 405-13, Win 76

Investigation of the effect of establishing purposes for reading upon reading comprehension showed that neither specific nor general reading directions appeared to affect performance and that purpose-setting directions served to discriminate between intentional and incidental information only for above-grade-level readers.

Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Teaching Methods

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