theweekmagazine:

The study: Over the span of five summer weeks, 18 second-graders were divided into  two groups; one group read aloud to another person for 30 minutes once a  week, and the other group read  aloud to a dog.
Guess which group saw a decrease in their words-per-minute reading rate…

I know this without looking.  Reading to the dog is better because they feel less worried about mistakes.

theweekmagazine:

The study: Over the span of five summer weeks, 18 second-graders were divided into two groups; one group read aloud to another person for 30 minutes once a week, and the other group read aloud to a dog.

Guess which group saw a decrease in their words-per-minute reading rate…

I know this without looking.  Reading to the dog is better because they feel less worried about mistakes.