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Peer reviewedDiaz-Rubin, C. – Reading Improvement, 1996
Investigates the reading genre preferences of 254 male and female high school students in Pennsylvania. Draws comparisons with similar research done 10 years earlier. Finds a substantial change in reading interests. Notes the top 10 areas of interest are adventure, horror, mysteries, humor, murder, love, fantasy, crime, sports, and movies. (RS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, High School Students, High Schools, Independent Reading
Peer reviewedAlgra, CeCelia; Fillbrandt, James – Reading Improvement, 1971
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Independent Reading, Paperback Books, Reading Habits
Peer reviewedWhite, Howard; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1987
Finds that college freshmen's opinions on vocabulary acquisition agree with the results of recent research, which states that free reading is the most efficient and effective means of acquiring vocabulary in a first language. Results contrast with a study of university foreign language students, most of whom did not value reading as a means of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Independent Reading, Language Arts
