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Peer reviewedHarkrader, Mary Ann; Moore, Richard – Reading Research and Instruction, 1997
Uses a "fictitious-annotated-titles" survey to determine reading preferences of fourth-grade girls and boys. Finds that both boys and girls prefer fiction over non-fiction; girls preferred fiction more strongly than boys; and boys preferred male main characters more strongly than the girls, and girls preferred female main characters more…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Fiction, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedMoffitt, Mary Anne S.; Wartella, Ellen – Reading Research and Instruction, 1992
Explores adolescent use of the media for leisure and, in particular, adolescent leisure reading of books. Surveys adolescents to measure the popularity of leisure reading compared to other leisure options, with a view toward contrasting female and male leisure reading pursuits. Finds that reading is popular with adolescents and that females favor…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Independent Reading, Mass Media Use, Reading Habits
