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Direct linkTura, Ferhat; Wood, Clare; Thompson, Rebecca; Lushey, Clare – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
We report an evaluation of a book gifting scheme (the Dolly Parton Imagination Library; DPIL) that targeted families from disadvantaged areas. We considered the impact that length of participation had on children's interest in literacy-related activities, the frequency of parent-child reading interactions, duration of reading, and whether the…
Descriptors: Books, Economically Disadvantaged, Reading Habits, Parent Child Relationship
Wilkinson, Katherine; Andries, Valentina; Howarth, Danielle; Bonsall, Jane; Sabeti, Shari; McGeown, Sarah – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2020
The authors explored adolescents' reasons for reading or not reading books. In individual interviews with 39 adolescents (ages 15 and 16) in the United Kingdom, they reported that reading books offered an opportunity to relax, learn, escape the real world, and become immersed; was exciting, developed their empathy skills, and provided a form of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Reading Motivation, Adolescent Literature, Books
Massey, Carolyn; Wiggin, Paul – Teaching History, 2018
Discussions with sixth-form students about reading led Carolyn Massey and Paul Wiggin to start a sixth-form reading group. They describe here the series of themed sessions that they planned, and the student discussion and reflections that resulted. Listening to their students discuss their reading led Massey and Wiggin to reflect on what is meant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Reading Instruction, Youth Clubs
Download full textMerga, Margaret K. – School Library Research, 2017
Understanding how social influences can foster avid book reader identification is a key research goal that warrants further investigation beyond a limited early-years lens. The author's 2015 International Study of Avid Book Readers (ISABR) explored, as one of its key research questions, the influence positive social agents can have on avid book…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Social Influences, Influences, Authors
O'Hare, Liam; Connolly, Paul; Biggart, Andy – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This paper explores the potential for book-gifting programs to initiate cooperative learning between a dynamic whole group composed of children, parents and teachers. It uses the results from a series of book-gifting program evaluations (three Randomized Controlled Trials with N=1694 participants in total) and investigates whether the pattern of…
Descriptors: Books, Cooperative Learning, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Scholastic Inc., 2015
In summer 2015, Scholastic, in conjunction with YouGov, conducted a survey to explore family attitudes and behaviours in the United Kingdom around reading books for fun. The key findings of this research, based on a nationally representative sample of 1,755 parents and children, including 349 parents of children ages 0-5; 703 parents of children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Attitudes, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits
Melia, Ed – Adults Learning, 2011
That leading authors are delighted to write a book for very little, if any, financial return is an indication of the impact the Quick Reads initiative is still having six years after its launch. Since 2005, dozens of bestselling writers and celebrities have contributed funny, dramatic, and fast-moving books aimed at adults who have stopped reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Authors, Books, Adult Reading Programs
Formby, Susie – National Literacy Trust, 2014
This report outlines findings from Pearson and the National Literacy Trust's second annual early years literacy survey, conducted in May to July 2014. 1,012 parents of children aged 3 to 5 and 567 early years practitioners who work with this age group participated. Attainment data in the form of vocabulary abilities were available for a subsample…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Emergent Literacy, Young Children
Clark, Christina – National Literacy Trust, 2014
Accelerated Reader (AR) is a tool for monitoring and managing independent reading practice. Although a wealth of data is routinely collected about children's reading skills as part of the AR tool, no information is collected on the "softer" reading outcomes, such as reading enjoyment and attitudes towards reading. The National Literacy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acceleration (Education), Reading Programs, Reading Skills
Formby, Susie – National Literacy Trust, 2014
Technology is playing an increasingly large role in children's reading, writing and daily lives. In the last year use of tablet computers by five to 15-year-olds has increased three-fold (14% to 42%) and 28% of three to four-year-olds use a tablet computer. However, little attention has been paid to the impact of new technologies on children's…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
Clark, Christina – National Literacy Trust, 2011
18,141 young people aged 8 to 17 participated in this online survey in November/December 2010. While the survey focuses on young people's attitudes towards reading, writing, communication skills as well as technology use, this report focuses exclusively on the reading aspect of the survey. More specifically, it explores how much young people enjoy…
Descriptors: Literature Appreciation, Online Surveys, Reading Attitudes, Adolescents
McNicol, Sarah – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2004
The Mass-Observation Archive at the University of Sussex sends regular "directives" to its panel of volunteer correspondents around the UK asking them to reflect on various issues relating to the day-to-day lives of ordinary people. Two directives from the 1980s and 1990s relate to libraries, books and reading habits. These sets of…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Observation, Research Methodology, Public Libraries
