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Reading Practices and Profiles of Older Adults in Taiwan
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Chen, Su-Yen – Educational Gerontology, 2008
Using data from a national survey of adults in Taiwan, this study presents findings regarding older adults' reading practices with respect to newspapers, magazines, books, and Internet information. The study also identifies four reading profiles defined by the frequency and diversification of the material read: the nonreaders, the less diversified…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Profiles, Internet, Reading Habits
Linking School Libraries and Literacy: Young People's Reading Habits and Attitudes to Their School Library, and an Exploration of the Relationship between School Library Use and School Attainment
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Clark, Christina – National Literacy Trust, 2010
This paper presents additional information from the authors' 2009 survey of young people's reading and writing--for more information see their forthcoming report Clark and Douglas (2010) "Young People's Reading and Writing: An in-depth study focusing on enjoyment, behaviour, attitudes and attainment." To support the School Library…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, Focus Groups, Reading Habits
Key Stage 3 Pupils' Views about Reading
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Atkinson, Cathy – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2006
Recent developments in literacy teaching have tended to target the needs of primary, rather than high school pupils and focus on technical, rather than affective aspects of reading. This paper describes a questionnaire-based study undertaken to identify perceptions and views held by Key Stage 3 readers of different ages, genders and abilities.…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Literacy Education, Gender Differences, Student Attitudes