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Peer reviewedWolfson, Bernice J.; And Others – Reading World, 1984
Reveals (1) some sex differences in children's reading preferences, but indicates some overlap; (2) that minority and nonminority children differed to some extent in their preferences, but had more similarities than differences; and (3) that children's reading interests have changed little in two decades. (FL)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 4
Leonard, Rex; And Others – 1988
A study was conducted to discern reading habits of adult basic education (ABE) and General Educational Development (GED) students in two Mississippi junior colleges. A sample of 217 students was administered a questionnaire about reading habits. The sample was studied as a whole and by the demographic variables of race, gender, age (14-19; 20-29;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Blacks, High School Equivalency Programs
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1983
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 14 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effect of dialect variation on second grade students' perception of phoneme-grapheme correspondence; (2) communication rules and perceived outcomes within…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Blacks
