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Jones, Marguerite G. – 1983
Seventy-five fifth grade students were administered an interest inventory to determine their attitudes toward reading and the kinds of reading materials they preferred. In addition, an observer completed reading behavior checklists for each student, and the students completed a second inventory to discover the amount of reading they did as opposed…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Reading Attitudes
Hanjian, Linda – 1985
A study was conducted to determine whether the expressed reading interests of third grade students corresponded with the topics in their basal readers. Students indicated on an interest survey the kinds of stories they liked to read. Two fourth grade basal readers were analyzed--"Time to Wonder" by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, and "Clearing Paths"…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Childhood Interests, Comparative Analysis
Robinson, Fay – 1983
To determine parents' perceptions of their children's behaviors toward their favorite books, 15 parents of 4- and 5-year-old children were interviewed about behaviors that occur when they share a favorite book with their children, why they think the book is special to their children, and the pool of available books from which the favorite was…
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Early Experience
