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ERIC Number: EJ285755
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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The Effects of Books in Spanish and Free Reading Time on Hispanic Students' Reading Abilities and Attitudes.
Schon, Isabel; And Others
NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v7 n1 p13-20 Fall 1982
Providing Hispanic elementary students with a great variety of books in Spanish and 60 minutes a week of free reading time resulted in significantly higher Spanish reading performance with no loss of English reading proficiency and significant improvement of reading attidues, compared with control groups. (MH)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English, Experimental Programs, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Hispanic American Students, Pretests Posttests, Reading Ability, Reading Attitudes, Reading Programs, Reading Tests, Spanish
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Academic Self Concept; Free Time; Tempe Elementary Schools AZ; Tests of Reading Inter American Series