Factors Involved in the Leisure Reading of Upper Elementary School Students.

Shapiro, Jon; Whitney, Patricia

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ERIC Number: EJ562388

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Publication Date: 1997

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Factors Involved in the Leisure Reading of Upper Elementary School Students.

Shapiro, Jon; Whitney, Patricia

Reading Psychology, v18 n4 p343-70 Oct-Dec 1997

States that reading educators are becoming concerned with aliteracy and that research is only now focusing on reading habits. Studies 39 avid readers and non-avid readers to examine home and personal factors related to leisure reading habits. Discovers differences for some aspects of reading attitudes, for motivation, and for several home factors. (PA)

Descriptors: Family Environment, Intermediate Grades, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits, Reading Motivation, Reading Research, Recreational Reading

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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