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Reading Aloud: Children's Attitudes toward Being Read to at Home and at School
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Ledger, Susan; Merga, Margaret K. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
Whilst there exists a plethora of research about the benefits of reading aloud on children's literacy development and a range of government reports highlighting the positive investment return on early intervention strategies such as reading aloud, most literature is presented from an adult perspective. Limited research exists on children's…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Student Attitudes, Reading Instruction, Reading Attitudes
Barriers to Parent-Child Book Reading in Early Childhood
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Taylor, Catherine L.; Zubrick, Stephen R.; Christensen, Daniel – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2016
Book reading is one of the most important investments that parents make in their children's literacy development. This study investigated risk factors associated with the absence of book reading at ages 2, 4 and 6 years. A holistic view of the multiple ecologies of child development guided the study across a sample of approximately 4000 children…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Young Children, Age Differences, Parent Role
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
What Are Children Reading?
Hill, Susan – Australian Journal of Reading, 1984
Reports on a study that surveyed upper primary class children to determine how widely they read, who their favorite authors are, how they choose the books they read, where they obtain them, and who they talk to about them. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Foreign Countries