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Swayne, Philip E. – 1975
Designed to assess children's preferences for story settings, the instrument requires children to indicate their preference for a story setting in each of 36 pairs of contrasting pictures, 12 pairs in each of the following categories: (1) fantasy versus realism, (2) past versus contemporary, and (3) geographically remote versus the near-at-hand.…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Forced Choice Technique
Williams, Carolyn – 1989
A study investigated the relationships between reading interests, habits, and attitudes of third, fourth, and fifth grade students and the variables of teacher/parental influences, ethnic background, gender, and grade levels of the students. Subjects, a random sample of 101 Black, 92 White, 2 Chinese and 1 Arab low-to-middle socioeconomic-level…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1987
Based on an integrated approach to reading instruction, this report of the 1985 Manitoba Reading Assessment includes a reading survey test, with an individual measure of listening-speaking and oral and silent reading performance, a reading interest inventory, and a teacher questionnaire. The 1985 Assessment also re-administered selected items from…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Listening
Download full textKohn, Terry M. – 2002
Research into the reading preferences of boys and girls has shown that there is a difference between the two sexes regarding the type of literature they enjoy reading. These preferences begin at an early age and continue on throughout their school careers. The purpose of this study was to determine if high school teachers are aware of these…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Low Achievement, Reading Attitudes
Fronius, Sandra K. – 1993
The purpose of this study was to determine the reading interests of the young adult participants in the summer reading program at Medina County District Library (Ohio). Findings were compared to research done in other locations and to current bibliographies of recommended reading for young adults. The study looked at a systematic sample of reader…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Authors, Library Services
Newman, Anabel P.; Metz, Elizabeth – 1988
This handbook offers suggestions for implementing actions (termed variously in other settings as treatments, interventions, methods, techniques, strategies or activities) recommended for individual learners by CONSULT-I (R), a computer program created by James Fattu and Edward Patrick. Application of the program described in the handbook was under…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction
Scales, Alice M.; Zikri, Lawrence B. – 1986
Investigating the reading habits of adults in Egypt, East Africa, a study examined 294 Egyptians (233 males and 61 females) in post-secondary education in Cairo, and in the industrial cities of Shopra El-Khema, and Impapa, El-Giza. Marital status, sex, and occupation were used to group the subjects. Subjects completed a 29-item questionnaire…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Blue Collar Occupations, Developing Nations, Females
Blaisdell, Pat; De Young, Jennifer; Hutchinson, Sandy; Pedersen, Susan – 1999
This report describes a program encouraging students to choose reading as a recreational activity. The targeted population consisted of first, second, third, and fourth grade students in a growing middle class community, near a large Midwestern city. The problem of students choosing recreational activities other than reading was documented through…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Parent Participation
Warncke, Edna; Powell, Janet – 1990
A study gathered information concerning the reading habits and attitudes of three groups of educators: 249 preservice teachers, 89 inservice teachers, and 65 teacher educators. A self-reported survey questionnaire was used to gather the data. When asked whether they enjoy reading, 89% of the preservice, 100% of the inservice, and 92% of the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Reading Attitudes
Redelheim, Paul S. – 1975
The Children's Attitude toward Reading Test (CHART) is presented, as well as the first draft of a technical manual describing its use. The test booklet consists of 36 unsystematically ordered pictures. Each picture represents a reading situation (instructional, school recreational, home recreational, and outdoor recreational reading) that has…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Directed Reading Activity, Grade 1, Grade 2
Gourlie, Suzanne K. – 1996
This study sought to identify the reading interests and preferences of older adult public library users in the Oakwood, Ohio community, and also to gauge interest in large print materials within this group. Surveys assessed in this study were completed by 70 adults age 50 or over. The results revealed a wide range of reading interests and…
Descriptors: Large Type Materials, Library Acquisition, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
Newman, Anabel P.; Metz, Elizabeth – 1996
This book describes FIRST (Focussed Instruction in Reading for Successful Teaching) Reading, a computer program that takes answers to 20 questions about a learner and matches this profile against profiles in the database. FIRST Reading, formerly called "Consult Reading," can recommend the most-likely-to-succeed teaching focus(es) for…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Expert Systems, Functional Literacy
Morrow-Pretlow, Tharyll W. – 1994
This practicum was developed to encourage the at-risk urban elementary school student to read for pleasure daily. Participants listened to their favorite rap songs, wrote lyrics for their own rap songs, and then read the lyrics as a text. The practicum was performed in a neighborhood community recreation center that serves urban students from…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, High Risk Students, Music Activities
Black, Barbara A. – 1998
This paper reports on a study conducted to assist the Wadsworth Public Library in future planning and refining of services to older adults especially in library outreach. A questionnaire was distributed to residents (n=350) of one nursing home, four apartment complexes for seniors, one assisted living complex, one senior center, and any patrons…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bookmobiles, Information Dissemination, Library Planning
John Minter Associates, Inc., Boulder, CO. – 1983
Roles played by the executive team in higher education, including their involvement in planning, purchasing, computer use on campus, and management, were surveyed. Tables and summaries address the roles of chief executive officers, chief academic officers, chief business officers, department heads, and computer center directors, as well as how…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Campus Planning, College Administration, College Libraries
