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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
Foy, Pierre, Ed.; Drucker, Kathleen T., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
This supplement describes national adaptations made to the international version of the PIRLS/prePIRLS 2011 background questionnaires. This information provides users with a guide to evaluate the availability of internationally comparable data for use in secondary analyses involving the PIRLS/prePIRLS 2011 background variables. Background…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Databases, Media Adaptation, Technology Transfer
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Commeyras, Michelle; Mazile, Bontshetse Mosadimotho – Reading Teacher, 2011
In Botswana, it is common to hear the lament that there is no culture of reading. We aim to contribute to the development of more specific understanding of a culture of reading by reporting on information gathered from teachers who attended workshops we offered titled "Teachers as Readers AND Readers as Teachers: Creating Young Readers and…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Student Attitudes, Reading Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Lenox, Mary F. – Catholic Library World, 1984
Provides an overview of the needs of the adolescent, contemporary trends impacting the adolescent, and 16 action steps which library professionals might take to be in touch with the reluctant adolescent reader. A summary of adolescents' responses to a questionnaire concerning adolescent reading issues is included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Individual Needs, Library Planning, Library Services
Burgess, Susan A. – School Library Journal, 1985
This study collected data via a three-page questionnaire administered to active readers 8 to 12 years old and half-hour taped interviews. Questionnaire findings (general information, interests, recent reading, information network), interview findings (book experience, reading taste, libraries, help in reading material selection, lists, reviews,…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Independent Reading
Rees, Pat – 1992
This paper reports on the reading habits of a group of students who moved from GCSE French to A Level French in the British school system; they were the second intake of A Level students with a GCSE background. Data was gathered using questionnaires and group interviews at three points during the students learning. Eleven students participated in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Interviews, National Competency Tests