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ERIC Number: EJ540638
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Beyond "Voices of Readers": Students on School's Effects on Reading.
Cope, Jim
English Journal, v86 n3 p18-23 Mar 1997
Reports on a survey of nearly 300 high school seniors asked to reflect on their reading experiences, both inside and out of school. Demonstrates that students find assigned reading, especially Shakespeare and Dickens, unrewarding and painful. Discusses problems and solutions of contemporary teaching methods. Suggests that students be given a choice about what they read. (TB)
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), English Curriculum, English Instruction, High School Seniors, High Schools, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Instruction, Reading Interests, Student Needs
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Literature Instruction
Note: Special Issue: Young Adult Literature.