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Adolescent Reading Preferences for Type of Theme and Sex of Character.

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Beyard-Tyler, Karen C.; Sullivan, Howard J. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1980

Details two studies that investigated adolescents' preferences for type of theme and sex of character in contemporary realistic fiction. Concludes that (1) subjects showed preference for themes in which the central problem was resolved successfully, and (2) boys preferred to read about males and girls preferred to read about females. (MKM)

Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Characterization, Females

Reading Preferences of Intermediate-Grade Children in Relation to Sex, Community, and Maturation (Grade Level): A Canadian Perspective.

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Summers, Edward G.; Lukasevich, Ann – Reading Research Quarterly, 1983

Used paired comparison to construct a reading preference inventory based on 14 reading themes drawn from previous research. Tested it using intermediate-grade children in three Canadian communities. (FL)

Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Differences, Females, Foreign Countries