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Nardiello, Patricia – 1985
A study was conducted to determine whether the interests of seventh grade students were reflected in the content of the basal stories used in the classroom. Subjects were 48 seventh graders enrolled in developmental reading in an upper middle-class socioeconomic region of New Jersey. On a questionnaire, students were asked to select from a list of…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Literature Appreciation
Download full textAllen, JoBeth – 1985
An investigation examined student-generated texts in terms of both traditional and more theoretically valid readability to determine what factors influence comprehension when children read their own, peer, and adult-written texts. Seventy dictated stories created in an earlier study, along with 4 first-grade level stories from the "Reader's…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Interests
DiSibio, Robert A.; Savitz, Fred R. – 1982
Research on reading interests suggests (1) that interest leads to knowledge, which leads in turn to increased comprehension, and (2) that high interest materials are more easily comprehended than are low interest materials by virtue of the knowledge this interest has generated. The 3-D approach to classroom reading instruction and management…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions
Carter, Sylvia McCoy – 1976
The purposes of this study were: (1) to investigate the general interests and the reading interests of pupils in first grade through third grade and (2) to investigate teachers' skills in interpreting interest data and in choosing literature for children. The sample consisted of 521 pupils and 18 teachers. Reading interests of the children were…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Doctoral Dissertations, Independent Reading, Literature Appreciation
Feldmann, Shirley; Blom, Doke E. – 1981
A study explored the relationship of interest in story content, external incentives, and reading level to elementary school children's reading performance. The subjects, 75 fifth grade students who were either average or below-average readers, were asked to rate the content of five stories from "most" to "least" interesting and were then assigned…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 5, Incentives, Intermediate Grades
Neuman, Susan B. – 1982
A study was conducted to determine whether students' preferences for reading or for viewing television were related to the quality of their leisure reading choices. The families of 198 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students were asked to complete television and reading logs for four weeks. Sixty-six students were identified from this sample as…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Intermediate Grades, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits
Ruddiman, Joan Runner – 1981
A sample consisting of 115 college students participated in a study of the relationships between reading rate, reading comprehension, and related independent variables (attitude, motivation, and interest). A short story was used for obtaining objective rate and comprehension scores for each subject. Two questionnaires designed for the study were…
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Higher Education, Motivation
Ngandu, Kathleen M.; O'Rourke, Bill – 1979
To gather information about reading as it relates to older adults, 267 people, ranging in age from 60 to 93 years, were asked to complete questionnaires. Specific information elicited concerned reading habits, reading materials, time spent in reading daily, time spent watching television, reading interests, preferred television shows, and reading…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Literature Appreciation, Needs Assessment, Older Adults
O'Connor, Marie E. – 1980
This paper discusses the role of reading in the lives of high school students and discusses research that suggests ways to motivate adolescents to read. Research reviewed in the paper indicates that the major factors that influence adolescent reading are gender, age or maturity, intelligence, and socioeconomic background. The summary of the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, High School Students, Literature Reviews
De Santi, Roger Joseph – 1976
Four readers, ranging in age from 62 to 82, were selected for intensive analysis of their reading strategies, habits, and interests. Interviewing provided demographic information and reading habits and interests. Each person read orally an unfamiliar expository selection rated at ninth-grade-level difficulty by the Dale-Chall Readability Formula…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Miscue Analysis, Older Adults, Oral Reading
Mikulecky, Larry Joseph – 1976
This dissertation reports the development of the Mikulecky Behavioral Reading Attitude Measure (MBRAM), designed to be appropriate for use with mature readers. Items were written with direct reference to the Hovland-Rosenberg tricomponent model of attitude and to the stages of Krathwohl's Taxonomy of the Affective Domain. The MBRAM was…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Doctoral Dissertations, Norms, Postsecondary Education
APPLEGATE, DON J. – 1968
ON THE BASIS OF SELECTED RESEARCH FINDINGS, A DISTINCTION BETWEEN RECREATIONAL AND INDIVIDUALIZED READING AND A PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING AN INDIVIDUALIZED READING PROGRAM ARE DISCUSSED. PLANS FOR FLEXIBLE GROUPINGS AND THEIR COMBINATIONS, SHARING ACTIVITIES, RECORD KEEPING, EVALUATING PROGRESS, AND INITIATING A PROGRAM ARE PRESENTED. REGULAR…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Individualized Programs, Instructional Materials, Learning Motivation
O'Hara, Kathryn – 1973
A study was made to determine which books children borrowed, how many of these were quality literature, and what interests were revealed. This was accomplished by noting all books checked out during a two-month period in one elementary school library, and by designating as quality literature those books listed in the "Children's Catalog." Analysis…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elective Reading, Elementary Education
Wright, E. N.; Reich, C. M. – 1972
During the school year 1971-72, a study of language skills was conducted in the city of Toronto, Ontario. Scores on the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test were analyzed for many students in grades four, six, eight, and nine. Students scored at grade level with reference to the United States norms of this test. The vocabulary and reading subsections of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Skills, Parent Background, Rating Scales
Henderson, Edmund H.; Long, Barbara H. – 1970
The independent reading behavior of 150 achieving fifth graders was investigated. Attention was directed toward the quality and variety of choice as well as to the number of books read. These variables were intercorrelated with standardized achievement tests, IQ, and a number of noncognitive and demographic variables. Indices of quantity, variety,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Grade 5, Independent Reading, Individual Reading
