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Belloni, Loretta T. – 1976
In a study designed to discover whether interest in reading materials influenced a student's comprehension, 47 seventh grade students, reading one to two grade levels below their grade placement, were assigned a self selected story of high interest and a story of low interest. The 12 short story selections were assembled on the basis of research…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education
Petrosky, Anthony R. – 1975
A descriptive profile of adolescent response to literature is presented in this study, which also examines findings in terms of psychoanalytic concepts that relate response to life styles in terms of Piaget's genetic epistemology. There are two primary questions in this investigation: What is the psychological dynamic of response to literature? By…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Case Studies, Covert Response
Culp, Mary Beth Wade – 1975
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of the influence of literature on the attitudes, values, and behavior of adolescents; to determine the relationship between certain personal and contextual factors and the influence of literature; and to analyze the characteristics of the literature which does influence adolescents. A…
Descriptors: Adolescents, College Freshmen, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
