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Loh, Chin Ee; Sun, Baoqi; Majid, Shaheen – English in Education, 2020
Research on the gendered reading habits and preferences of boys and girls presents them as very different. This study focuses on the gendered reading habits and preferences of Singapore adolescent students (aged 12 to 17) to examine if such polarity exists in their reading habits. Drawing on survey data from 4830 adolescents in five secondary…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Reading Habits, Adolescents, Preferences
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Coria-Navia, Anneris; Moncrieff, Scott – To Improve the Academy, 2021
In today's impoverished higher education fiscal climate, especially considering the enormous financial implications to higher education of accommodating the changes required by the coronavirus pandemic, "nonessential" though highly important programs, such as centers for teaching and learning (CTLs), are very likely to be underfunded. In…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Peer Relationship, Cooperative Learning
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Laermans, Jorien; Scheers, Hans; Vandekerckhove, Philippe; De Buck, Emmy – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2020
The intervention of interest in this review is paper (hard copy) book reading, e-book reading or audiobook listening as a leisure activity ("reading for pleasure" or "recreational reading"). These interventions include lone reading, as well as reading aloud in a one-on-one setting, and being read to in a one-on-one setting.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Older Adults, Leisure Time, Aging (Individuals)
Heard, Jil'Lana – Knowledge Quest, 2015
Being concerned about the decline in recreational reading among adolescent students, with several colleagues, the author began brainstorming ideas on how to better promote reading. One of the ideas that kept recurring was hosting a book club for students. Since the focus would be on reintroducing the idea of reading for pleasure and not just for…
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, Clubs, Adolescents, Books
Randall, David – National Association of Scholars, 2018
The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has analyzed college common readings since 2010. Common reading selections partly reflect the constraints on their selection committees. Each year colleges admit large number of students who have not yet read a college-level book and some of whom have never read a full-length adult book at all. Faculty…
Descriptors: College Students, Recreational Reading, Reading Programs, Books
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Kaban, Aysegul Liman – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2021
The use of computers and electronic devices for recreational reading and for reading in educational settings has gone up significantly in recent years. Whereas the digital revolution is rapidly changing the world, it is also changing education. This study examined the perceptions of secondary school EFL learners in Turkey of their e-reading…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Electronic Learning, Books, Printed Materials
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Hodapp, Albert F. – Reading Improvement, 2016
Think about your favorite children's book. What impact did it have on you? Besides the immediate enjoyment of the book, did it have any long-term impact?
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Books, Recreational Reading, Conservation (Environment)
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Francois, Chantal – Education and Urban Society, 2022
School leadership research offers prescriptions for strong instructional and culturally relevant leadership for diverse and urban adolescent populations, yet little evidence describes how school principals impact adolescents' in-school reading experiences. This qualitative inquiry sought to understand how one urban secondary principal perceived…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Literacy Education, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
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Milal, A. Dzo'ul; Jannah, Raudlotul; Sa'adah, Sufi Ikrima; Fitria, Andini Anugrah – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2021
Due to pandemics, students carry out their studies from home. They have more leisure time and are freer to do activities. In such a condition, questioning students' commitment to reading to learn becomes relevant. The question is whether and to what extent the students do the reading activity, what they read, and whether their preferences are…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Interests, Preferences, Undergraduate Students
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Jerrim, John; Lopez-Agudo, Luis Alejandro; Marcenaro-Gutierrez, Oscar D. – Oxford Review of Education, 2020
It has long been thought that encouraging children to read is likely to be beneficial for the development of their literacy skills. However, a lot less attention has been paid to the issue of whether what students read matters for their academic progress. This paper therefore considers the association between the frequency young people read five…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Material Selection, Books, Novels
Allington, Richard L., Ed.; McGill-Franzen, Anne, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2018
While the critical importance of summer reading loss is receiving more attention than in the past, not all summer reading programs are alike. Featuring three new chapters and extensive updating, the second edition of this groundbreaking book describes current research that confirms the importance of key elements in the authors' summer reading…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Multilingualism
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Merga, Margaret K – English in Education, 2017
Regular recreational reading offers benefits across a range of literacy outcomes, as well as supporting learning in other subject areas, offering cognitive benefits, and potentially fostering empathy. Therefore, increasing frequency of engagement in recreational reading can play an important role in addressing inequity in literacy outcomes once…
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, Childrens Literature, Books, Elementary School Students
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Majid, Shaheen – Reading Horizons, 2018
Leisure reading is important for personality development and mental growth of children. Reading habits developed during early childhood are likely to continue rest of the life. The main purpose of this study was to investigate leisure reading habits and preferences of young children in Singapore. A questionnaire was used for data collection and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Recreational Reading, Reading Habits, Preferences
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Torppa, Minna; Niemi, Pekka; Vasalampi, Kati; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Tolvanen, Asko; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija – Child Development, 2020
This study examines associations between leisure reading and reading skills in data of 2,525 students followed from age 7 to 16. As a step further from traditional cross-lagged analysis, a random intercept cross-lagged panel model was used to identify within-person associations of leisure reading (books, magazines, newspapers, and digital…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Recreational Reading, Reading Skills, Correlation
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Merga, Margaret K. – School Library Research, 2017
Understanding how social influences can foster avid book reader identification is a key research goal that warrants further investigation beyond a limited early-years lens. The author's 2015 International Study of Avid Book Readers (ISABR) explored, as one of its key research questions, the influence positive social agents can have on avid book…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Social Influences, Influences, Authors
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