Educational Leadership:Reading: The Core Skill:Every Child, Every Day - 0 views
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research has demonstrated that access to self-selected texts improves students' reading performance (Krashen, 2011), whereas no evidence indicates that workbooks, photocopies, or computer tutorial programs have ever done so
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If school principals eliminated the budget for workbooks and worksheets and instead spent the money on real books for classroom libraries, this decision could dramatically improve students' opportunities to become better readers.
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Studies of exemplary elementary teachers further support the finding that more authentic reading develops better readers
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