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Peer reviewedHarkrader, Mary Ann; Moore, Richard – Reading Research and Instruction, 1997
Uses a "fictitious-annotated-titles" survey to determine reading preferences of fourth-grade girls and boys. Finds that both boys and girls prefer fiction over non-fiction; girls preferred fiction more strongly than boys; and boys preferred male main characters more strongly than the girls, and girls preferred female main characters more…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Fiction, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedBoraks, Nancy; Hoffman, Amy; Bauer, David – Reading Psychology, 1997
Surveys 315 fourth- and fifth-grade inner city and suburban children from Virginia and Ohio about their "most favorite" book, with titles categorized by literary genre. Finds little overlap with individual titles but emergence of some genre patterns--girls favoring realistic fiction and boys selecting fantasy; inner city children…
Descriptors: Fiction, Gender Issues, Inner City, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedFord, Donna Y. – Urban Education, 1992
Studies gender differences in the U.S. achievement ideology for 48 gifted and 100 nongifted African-American fifth and sixth graders (59 males and 89 females) in an urban Ohio school district. Results indicate no differential determinants of underachievement by gender but show significant differences by gifted and nongifted academic programs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Attribution Theory, Black Students
