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A Survey of Adult Reading Habits.
Murphy, Kathleen – 1980
A questionnaire was completed by 110 individuals between the ages of 18 and 65 in a study conducted to determine the primary reason why adults read. The results showed that informational reading was the main purpose for adult reading, but did not indicate a relationship between purpose for reading and socioeconomic status and educational level.…
Descriptors: Adults, Books, National Surveys, Newspapers
Children's Reading Interests Classified by Age Level
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Lauritzen, Carol; Cheves, Deborah, Ed. – Reading Teacher, 1974
Discusses the results of a survey of children's reading interests classified by age and by sex within age levels. (TO)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation
Reading Interests of Children in Grades Four through Eight.
Conway, Hannah Elizabeth Miller – 1975
This study surveyed children's expressed reading interests and attempted to determine whether these were related to grade level, sex, race, and socioeconomic level. A total of 784 children in grades four through eight in four elementary schools of Fairfield, Alabama, answered a questionnaire composed of 120 annotated fictitious titles representing…
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Doctoral Dissertations
A Study of Library Books Selected by Second Grade Boys and Girls in the Iowa City, Iowa Schools.
Peterson, Gordon Charles – 1971
Data taken from library circulation records and from personal interviews with 374 second grade boys and 371 second grade girls were analyzed regarding: (1) Which titles were most frequently selected? (2) Which subjects were most frequently selected? (3) What was the quality of the books selected? (4) How many of the books selected were completely…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Grade 2, Independent Reading
What Does Research Say about the Reading Interests of Children in the Intermediate Grades?
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Moray, Geraldine – Reading Teacher, 1978
Reviews the literature on the reading interests of children in the intermediate grades. (MKM)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Comics (Publications), High Achievement
Boys, Girls, and "Pippi Longstocking"
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Frasher, Ramona S. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Children in third grade were queried for their reactions following the teacher's reading of "Pippi Longstocking." (HOD)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Grade 3
A Picture Inventory to Measure Children's Reading Interests
Fairleigh, Roberta; And Others – Elementary English, 1974
A picture inventory is a useful means of determining reading interests of children in the intermediate grades. (JH)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Interest Inventories, Interest Research
What Effect Does Non-Sexist Content Have on the Reading of Boys and Girls.
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Klein, Howard A. – Reading Improvement, 1979
Concludes that both boys and girls benefited from reading sex-appropriate content as opposed to content that was self-selected. Confirms that strong group feelings about reading exist outside a sex-typed pattern of interests. (FL)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Content Analysis, Elementary Education
A Comparison Between the Content of Preferred School Library Book Selections Made by Inner-City and Suburban First Grade Students
Zimet, Sara G.; Camp, Bonnie W. – Elementary English, 1974
The first grade study suggested that books that interest inner city children interest suburban children. (JH)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Fiction, Grade 1
The Relationship of Readability, Content, Illustrations, and Other Format Elements to the Library Book Preferences of Second Grade Children.
Grover, Robert John – 1976
In order to determine the variables which influence children's choice of books, 52 second-grade students from one elementary school were selected and interviewed. Twenty books, which circulated most frequently among second-grade children, were designated "high preference"; another 20, randomly selected from 634 books which were borrowed only once,…
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Doctoral Dissertations
A Comparative Analysis of Children's Independent Reading Interests and the Content of Stories in Selected Basal Reading Texts, Grades 4-6.
Bouchard, Louisa-May Decker – 1971
The content of books chosen independently by fourth, fifth, and sixth, graders was compared with the content of four selected basal reading texts at the same three grade levels. The selections of the children and from the texts were classified into twenty-one categories, and then the percentages of the children's choices within these categories…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Books, Childrens Literature
Teacher Perception of Student Interest in Multicultural Tradebooks.
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Lambert, Judy C. – 1994
This study investigated elementary school teachers' perception of their first grade students' interest in multicultural trade books. The study participants included 151 first graders, 17 experienced teachers, and 65 preservice teachers. The study used 15 multicultural trade books and 15 non-multicultural books matched as closely as possible in…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary School Students