A study identified a list of trade books that educators selected for use in their own classrooms and a list of factors that they considered to be the most important when selecting those books. Subjects, 486 educators who taught in grades 4, 5, or 6 in 45 public school districts and 15 private schools in southeastern Pennsylvania, identified two…

A study investigated the importance adults assign to various techniques used in the design and production of print educational material. Subjects, 103 adults who regularly receive printed educational information and professionals engaged in the production of such information, completed a survey including demographic information, time spent in…

A study was conducted to test the validity of a media exposure model that posits that editorial tone, communication potential, and utility determine the linkage between an individual's medium assessments and choices. A personal interview readership survey of Nigerian elites who read two high quality magazines distributed by the United States…

Discusses the theme of survival prevalent in many children's books and presents a bibliography of 60 titles listing survival stories of several major types. (TO)

Suggests that two types of books have particular appeal for children, those which create vivid sensory impressions and those which allow the child to deal vicariously with universal emotions and then discusses several titles of each type. (TO)

When selecting children's reading materials, teachers should consider the element of value identification and clarification when relevant in addition to the traditional consideration of theme, plot, characterization, and style. (TO)

Educators have focused their literacy education efforts on teaching children to code and decode words. In spite of all the efforts to teach literacy, the various report cards indicate that, perhaps, a new way of doing teaching literacy should be investigated. Today's media-centric youths could benefit from using mediated programs to help motivate…

Discusses several books listing and discussing children's books and selection practices. Most of the lists include annotations. (TO)

Reports a study of the reading likes and dislikes of 900 fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh graders. (RD)

Concludes that the reading interests of gifted intermediate grade students do not differ greatly from those of children in general, with most preferring mystery, adventure, and fantasy materials. (FL)

Examines why people choose a particular medium, by testing a causal model of magazine exposure and appraisal with readership surveys of two magazines distributed by the U.S. Information Agency in India. Found that utility had the strongest relationship with both exposure and appraisal, while communication potential had a negative relationship. (PD)

Quantifies and analyzes the reading activities of members of four occupational groups within a community: professional/managerial, small business/clerical, skilled crafts workers, and unskilled workers. (AEA)

Reviews ERIC documents concerned with the use of comic books in the classroom. (FL)

Offers a progressive list of reading and popular culture selections that chronicles (interspersed with a personal narrative) the intellectual and social development of one culturally literate adult who is now a member of the academic community. (PA)