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Feeley, Joan T. – NJEA Review, 1980
The author summarizes a research review conducted at William Paterson College. Information is presented on the amount of time spent watching television, types of programs preferred by different age groups, and the impact of television on reading habits and achievement. No consistent relationship between TV viewing and achievement was found. (SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedFeeley, Joan T. – Reading World, 1974
Discusses a study that sought to identify and describe the content interest patterns and print and television media preferences of middle-grade children and determine the relation of these patterns to sex, race, or socioeconomic status. (TO)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Interest Research, Media Research
Feeley, Joan T.; And Others – 1979
To update the findings of a 1971 study, a study seeking to identify the interest patterns and media preferences of fourth and fifth grade children was undertaken in 1978. The responses of 731 children to an interest inventory were subjected to separate factor analytic and analysis of variance procedures. The former were used to cluster…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Childhood Interests, Demography, Elementary Education
Download full textFeeley, Joan T. – 1972
Recognizing that interest is essential to motivation, this study was designed both to identify and describe the content interest patterns and media preferences (print and television) of middle-grade children and to determine any relationship between these interests and sex, race, or socioeconomic status (SES). An inventory was administered to 250…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Content Analysis, Intermediate Grades, Media Selection
Feeley, Joan T. – NJEA Review, 1981
As part of an ongoing study by William Paterson College, 700 New Jersey children (Grades 4-5) were surveyed about their reading interests. Age and sex remain the major factors influencing children's topic choices; some rural-urban differences were also found. Related primary grade findings are included. (SJL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Feeley, Joan T. – Elementary English, 1974
The reading interests of middle-grade children vary widely, are similar for black and white children, and are influenced by socioeconomic factors. (JH)
Descriptors: Fiction, Grade 4, Grade 5, Interest Inventories
Wepner, Shelley B.; Feeley, Joan T. – 1987
Focusing on improving college students' reading efficiency, a study investigated whether a commercially-prepared computerized speed reading package, Speed Reader II, could be utilized as effectively as traditionally printed text. Subjects were 70 college freshmen from a college reading and rate improvement course with borderline scores on the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Higher Education
