Why Children Don't Like to Read.

Bettelheim, Bruno; Zelan, Karen

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ERIC Number: EJ262302

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1982-Mar

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Why Children Don't Like to Read.

Bettelheim, Bruno; Zelan, Karen

Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, v47 n7 p2-6 Mar 1982

Identifies several reasons why children do not enjoy reading, including rote learning, unjustified reduction in number of words contained in primers, patronizing of the reader, unnatural sentence structure, and teacher dominance. Describes a Swiss reading program as an example of a better alternative to American primers. (DC)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Readability, Reading Attitudes, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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