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ERIC Number: EJ326504
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Are Poor Readers Passive Readers? Some Evidence, Possible Explanations, and Potential Solutions.
Bristow, Page Simpson
Reading Teacher, v39 n3 p318-25 Dec 1985
Indicates that passivity in poor readers seems to be tied to several interrelated factors, including frustrating materials, repeated failures, and differences in teacher treatment of good and poor reading groups. Suggests that direct training can mitigate these problems. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Reading Attitudes, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Teacher Attitudes, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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