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Graham, Harold V. – J Reading, 1969
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Reading Interests, Reading Materials, Reading Programs
Van Nord, Joan – 1972
Information concerning the reading interests of gifted students in a secondary school composed only of students of above average intelligence is provided in this study. Specific areas discussed are: subject areas for which the students expressed like, dislike, or indifference; growth and change of reading preferences; students' responses to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Curriculum Development, High Achievement, Questionnaires
Download full textBlai, Boris, Jr. – 1970
An anonymous questionnaire was circulated among Harcum Junior College female students and students at six community colleges of the City University of New York (CUNY) in order to obtain answers to the following questions: (1) What do Harcum students read? (2) How well do they read? (3) What are their reading preferences? (4) What are their…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Questionnaires, Reading Habits, Reading Interests
Peer reviewedSmith, M. Cecil – Reading Research and Instruction, 1990
Surveys reading attitudes, habits, and perceptions about reading of 84 adults in a wide variety of occupations. Finds more positive attitudes toward reading, more time spent reading, and higher ratings of own reading ability among adults with more education and adults employed in higher status occupations. Finds no educational or occupational…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Attainment, Educational Background, Employment Level
OLSON, ARTHUR V.; ROSEN, CARL L. – 1967
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES, BY RACE AND SEX, OF SPECIFIC STUDENTS ENROLLED IN TWO RECENTLY INTEGRATED HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES IS REPORTED. SUBJECTS WERE 264 NINTH-GRADE PUPILS--140 NEGROES AND 124 CAUCASIANS. TO MEASURE READING INTERESTS AND CHOICE OF MATERIALS, A 40-ITEM QUESTIONNAIRE WAS…
Descriptors: Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Grade 9, Questionnaires
Landy, Sarah – 1977
This study investigated the relative importance of the major factors associated with the habit of reading or nonreading. Some 2,731 seventh-grade students were the subjects of the study; from these, 487 were identified as either readers or nonreaders, and, from this group, 22 students were selected for additional in-depth case studies. From over…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Masters Theses, Predictor Variables
Scales, Alice M.; Zikri, Lawrence B. – 1986
Investigating the reading habits of adults in Egypt, East Africa, a study examined 294 Egyptians (233 males and 61 females) in post-secondary education in Cairo, and in the industrial cities of Shopra El-Khema, and Impapa, El-Giza. Marital status, sex, and occupation were used to group the subjects. Subjects completed a 29-item questionnaire…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Blue Collar Occupations, Developing Nations, Females
Duffey, Robert V. – 1967
Two hundred and thirteen inservice elementary teachers who were enrolled in courses in Early Childhood-Elementary Education at the University of Maryland were questioned to obtain some information about elementary teachers' personal reading, to draw warranted inferences concerning the teaching of reading, and to suggest steps for improvement…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Questionnaires, Reading Habits
Sawyer, Shirley – 1993
A study determined the relationship, if any, between students' learning styles and the types of books they choose to read independently, as well as the amount of time they spend reading independently. Study participants were 72 seventh-grade students attending a middle school in Cobb County, Georgia, who had scored 70 or above in any of the four…
Descriptors: Books, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7
Cutts, Warren G. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
This bulletin presents reading research studies in the upper elementary grades during the period from 1955 through 1960. It represents an attempt to bring together the unpublished as well as published studies for that period. This compilation was undertaken by the U.S. Office of Education in response to requests from reading and language arts…
Descriptors: Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary School Students, Study Skills
