The Relationship of Reading Attitudes to Academic Aptitude, Locus of Control, and Field Independence.

Blaha, John; Chomin, Larry

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Publication Date: 1982-Jan

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The Relationship of Reading Attitudes to Academic Aptitude, Locus of Control, and Field Independence.

Blaha, John; Chomin, Larry

Psychology in the Schools, v19 n1 p28-32 Jan 1982

Investigated the relationship among eight dimensions of reading attitude and measures of academic aptitude, locus of control, and field independence for 322 inner-city fifth graders. Verbal academic aptitude correlated significantly with the Expressed Reading Difficulty, Reading Anxiety, Silent versus Oral Reading, and Reading as Enjoyment reading attitude dimensions. (Author)

Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Anxiety, Children, Correlation, Elementary Education, Locus of Control, Reading Attitudes, Reading Difficulties, Test Validity

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Language: English

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