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Young Learners: Aspects of Home Literacy Environments Supporting Hypotheses about the Structure of Printed Words
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Brown, P. Margaret; Byrnes, Linda J.; Watson, Linda M.; Raban, Bridie – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2013
This study investigated the relationships between children's home literacy environments and their early hypotheses about printed words in the year prior to entering school. There were 147 children (70 girls and 77 boys: mean age 57 months, range = 47-66 months, standard deviation = 4.5 months) in the study. Results showed that the children had…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Emergent Literacy, Printed Materials, Correlation
Young Learners: The Home Literacy Environments of Australian Four-Year-Olds
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Brown, P. Margaret; Byrnes, Linda J.; Raban, Bridie; Watson, Linda – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2012
This study investigated the home literacy environments (HLEs) of 4-year-old children attending an early childhood program prior to school entry and the association between the HLE and children's interests in and attitudes to literacy. One hundred and thirty-eight parents and 140 children participated in the study. Parents completed a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Childhood Interests, Reading Habits
The Reading Habits of Secondary School Pupils in N.S.W.
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Watson, Ken – English in Australia, 1978
Lists the data and responses to the 12 questions in the study. Provides some general observations about the results. (RL)
Descriptors: Elective Reading, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Reading Habits
Patterns and Preferences in Recreational Reading.
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Delin, Catherine R.; And Others – Australian Library Journal, 1995
Describes a questionnaire study of Australian undergraduates and a community sample that investigated the reading of books as a recreational activity and considered individual characteristics. Topics include the amount and nature of reading, attitudes toward reading, measures of social resources, scores on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Community Study, Correlation, Demography, Foreign Countries