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Cockerham, Barbara Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Teacher enthusiasm for reading has considerable influence on students' reading interest and reading ability. The purpose of this study was to better understand the relationship between reading ability and reading interest among adults who plan to become teachers. This study tested whether there is a relationship between reading ability as measured…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Reading Ability, Reading Interests, Reading Tests
Todaro, Stacey Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Inferences are important because not everything in the text is explicit. Therefore, the reader must generate inferences that fill in "missing" information. Various factors can influence inference processes, including those that are related to the text and reader. Moreover, these two factors are likely to interact in highly complex ways,…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Prior Learning, Statistical Analysis, Language Skills