Confronts the question of who the audience is for "children's" books and how the audience is determined. Considers publishers' attempts at identifying audience and empowerment of child readers as audience. Concludes that the voices of children need to be included in consideration of what such audiences will read in the effort to establish lifelong…

This reading attitude scale was designed to negate the tendency for students to indicate overly positive attitudes, a tendency which the authors feel is reflected in responses to other attitude scales. There are two forms of the scale: one for grades 1-3 and one for grades 4-6. The primary scale is read to the children and has a three choice…

Presents a school survey of favorite children's books and discusses family involvement in developing reading habits in elementary school students. (RB)

Discusses the power of comic books to motivate children to read. (RB)

Explores what is known about magazine reading habits and interests in the United States and reviews sources in the ERIC database that discuss classroom uses of magazines. Source lists for children's magazines are also included. (HTH)

Advocates sustained silent reading (SSR) in elementary classrooms to ensure a positive attitude towards reading. Defines important aspects of SSR and discusses its implementation and value. (SR)

The development of reading is connected to the development of several habits, habits which once developed, will remain. Some of the habits that will get children reading and instill the habit of reading are: (1) use a book mark; (2) allow kids to read the same book twice; (3) have a dictionary handy and explain its use; (4) have magazines,…

Examines the results of the Schools Council study in Britain on children's reading habits and interests, concluding that the results need to be acted on if the reading of British children is to be improved. (RB)

Concludes that a structured approach to students' private reading is vital to their reading progress, that children need access to books that will increase their enthusiasm, that they need time for reading each day, and that careful monitoring of all aspects of their reading is essential. (FL)

Lists twelve activities to encourage children to enjoy reading. (MKM)

Updates earlier reviews of the research investigating how television viewing and reading might be related. Points out new directions in the research, focusing on research after 1980. Discusses implications for professionals in the field of reading. (SR)

Discusses what Complexity Theory (presented as a rubric that collects theoretical understandings from a number of domains such as ecology, biology, neurology, and education) suggests about mind, selfhood, intelligence, and practices of reading, and the import of these reconceptualizations to reader-response researchers. Concludes that developing…

A study investigated the relationship between the amount students read and reading achievement. Subjects, 2,185 first- through eighth-grade students enrolled in a Chapter 1 program during the 1990-91 school year in a large southeastern school district, kept reading logs. Teachers informally assessed comprehension of each text read, and they…

Reviews several surveys on the reading habits of secondary school students and summarizes the findings of a recent survey on the reading interests of third grade children. (RB)

St. Peter, Illinois, a small community with a population of 400, was selected for this sociological study to determine (1) the social structure of a small community, (2) the number of social levels discernible, (3) the reading habits and interests of the inhabitants, (4) the reading achievement of elementary school children, and (5) the…