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Download full textAllison, Lane M. – 1994
A study compared the choices of Charlottesville area children with those from Children's Choice lists, published annually in "The Reading Teacher." Subjects, 62 third- to sixth-grade students, were interviewed before they checked books out of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library Main Branch in Charlottesville, Virginia. Children were…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Reading Interests
Snellman, Leena M. – 1993
A study investigated the reading interests of sixth-grade students in a rural Virginia county. Twenty-three children (10 girls and 13 boys) participated. The instrument used was a four-page-long reading interest survey, which contained "yes/no," rating, and open-ended questions. Results of the survey indicated that this group of students…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Periodicals
Steidle, Ernest F. – 1977
Scores on the Diederich Composition Rating Scale were correlated with measures of specific attitudes toward reading and general attitudes toward school for 920 students from grades 4, 6, 9, and 12. This was a subsample drawn from the fall 1974 and spring 1975 Virginia Educational Needs Assessment. A direct linear dependency between student…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Predictor Variables
