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2018
Volume 114, Issue 4
  • ISSN: 0013-8274
  • E-ISSN: 2161-8895

Abstract

Educators need to dispel common reading myths and foster flexible, positive attitudes toward reading as an intellectual engagement, rather than letting students succumb to defeatist mindsets.

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