Effects of Story versus Play Genres on the Comprehension of High, Average, and Low-Achieving Junior High Readers.

Mullikin, Colleen N.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ451341

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Effects of Story versus Play Genres on the Comprehension of High, Average, and Low-Achieving Junior High Readers.

Mullikin, Colleen N.; And Others

Reading Psychology, v13 n4 p273-90 Oct-Dec 1992

Finds that low ability and average ability students benefit more from reading plays than reading stories. Finds that the performance of low ability readers equalled high ability readers when both participated in group oral readings of plays. (RS)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Drama, Junior High Schools, Reading Achievement, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Text Structure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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