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Peer reviewedSchofer, Gill – Reading Improvement, 1981
Concludes that there are fewer differences in children's reading preferences between sex, age, and nationality than educators have been led to believe. (FL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedKlein, Howard A. – Reading Improvement, 1979
Concludes that both boys and girls benefited from reading sex-appropriate content as opposed to content that was self-selected. Confirms that strong group feelings about reading exist outside a sex-typed pattern of interests. (FL)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Content Analysis, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedLynn, Jerry R.; Bennett, Ellen M. – Newspaper Research Journal, 1980
Suggests that town and small city audiences differ from rural, farm audiences in some newspaper content preferences. (RL)
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Information Sources, Media Research, Newspapers
Peer reviewedSimpson, Anne – English Education, 1996
Explores the educational contexts in which boys and girls make their reading choices. Finds that girls read more and read narrative fiction almost exclusively, while boys read less but in a wider number of genres. Examines the effect that teachers or curriculum have in supporting or challenging gender preferences for reading material selections.…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Reading Habits
Peer reviewedMcNinch, George W.; Steelmon, Peggy – Reading Improvement, 1990
Investigates the reading behaviors and perceived reading status of 42 teacher education majors. Finds that teacher education students, whether labeling themselves as "frequent" or "occasional" readers, view themselves as readers in a literate society who will serve as role models to promote literacy in prospective students.…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Higher Education, Reading Ability, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedCampbell, Kenneth Claude; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1988
Examines 773 elementary-age children's choices of hard- and paper-backed trade books to determine cover preference. Reveals that paperbacks were preferred. Notes that children's reasons for selecting books did not significantly differ by sex, race, grade level, or any combinations. (RAE)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Paperback Books, Reader Text Relationship
Carter, Betty; Abrahamson, Richard F. – Indiana Media Journal, 1994
Discusses research on young adults' reading interests, their nonfiction reading interests, interest in nonfiction across ability levels, sex differences in nonfiction reading interest, pleasure versus curriculum, and the role of teachers and librarians. (RS)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Junior High Schools, Library Role
Peer reviewedThames, Dana G.; Reeves, Carolyn K. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1994
Studies the effects of tutorial instruction, utilizing students' interests and trade books, on the attitudes of poor readers. Suggests that the attitudes of poor readers may be positively influenced through such instruction in an integrated language arts approach. (HB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedWilson, Jenny; Moon, Cliff – Reading, 1991
Studies the views of parents and teachers on how they might effectively support independent readers. Examines children's views on parental involvement. Finds that the survey heightened interest in reading and literature among children and their parents. (MG)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Family School Relationship, Independent Reading, Parent Attitudes
Peer reviewedWorthy, Jo; Moorman, Megan; Turner, Margo – Reading Research Quarterly, 1999
Investigates reading preferences of an ethnically and economically diverse group of sixth-grade students from three middle schools. Shows that light materials (scary series books, comics, and magazines) top the list for every sub-group of students. Finds very limited availability of preferred materials in school; and shows that most students…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Reading Attitudes
Direct linkBrazhe, T. G. – Russian Education and Society, 2004
This article reports the results of a study examining the reading attitudes of the Russian people. This study also investigates the motives that guide adults in their choice of literature. Researchers have noted that two motives stand out: (1) "normative" or "pragmatic" reading (for school, exams, and reports; for carrying out…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Utilization, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits
Download full textGuthrie, John T.; And Others – 1993
A study examined the association of reading instruction with the amount and breadth of students' reading activities, taking account of social, cognitive, and home factors in the educative process. A secondary analysis of a large national data base for students aged 9, 13, and 17 was conducted. Using answers from student questionnaires, conceptual…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Family Influence, Intermediate Grades, Path Analysis
Smith, Arthur E. – 1993
A teacher educator incorporates active involvement of students and choice in two different college classrooms. The first class was an undergraduate reading/literacy education class. Students were offered the choice of the RAP (Reading Addiction Process) option or taking the final exam. Students read materials of their own choice on a daily basis.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Higher Education
McEady-Gillead, Betty – 1989
A study was conducted to draw attention to how sixth graders use their leisure time and to suggest some implications for reading and literacy instruction. Subjects were 723 sixth-grade students in six middle schools in Northern California. The sixth-graders completed the California Media and Library Educators Association Literature/Reading Survey…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Leisure Time, Library Surveys
Moffitt, Mary Anne – 1987
Following up research by Radway and others on readers of romance novels, a study, employing a reader-response approach, was conducted with 18 female adolescent readers of romances to discover if they perceived and enjoyed the novels in ways appreciably different from other readers. The subjects filled out questionnaires about their romance novel…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Emotional Development
