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ERIC Number: EJ193963
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978-Dec
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Research Views: Comics.
Guthrie, John T.
Reading Teacher, v32 n3 p376-78 Dec 1978
Describes a study in which poor readers gained more on a standardized reading test when they read books rather than comics, while good readers made similar gains using either comics or books. With comics, poor readers apparently spent more time looking at pictures and less time reading. (MKM)
Descriptors: Books, Comics (Publications), Elementary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Difficulty, Reading Improvement, Reading Materials, Reading Research, Remedial Reading, Time Factors (Learning)
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Language: English
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