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Peer reviewedChildress, Glenda T. – Top of the News, 1985
Describes observations of recreational reading material selection by kindergarten and first-grade boys and girls. Discussion covers gender-related preferences in choices of recreational library materials, fiction and non-fiction choices, flexibility in reading choices, and gender roles. Observations made in 1983 and 1984 are appended. Five sources…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Thomason, Nevada – 1983
To investigate adolescent reading habits and interests, a reading interest survey was administered to 103 male and 133 female sophomore English students from two high schools with similar socioeconomic backgrounds but different individualized reading programs. In the first school, students read and made book reports on three novels of their own…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, English Instruction, Females
