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What's Your Pleasure? Exploring the Predictors of Leisure Reading for Fiction and Nonfiction
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Martin-Chang, Sandra; Kozak, Stephanie; Levesque, Kyle C.; Calarco, Navona; Mar, Raymond A. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
Leisure reading is associated with several important educational and cognitive benefits, and yet fewer and fewer young adults are reading in their free time. To better study what drives leisure reading in undergraduates, we developed the Predictors of Leisure Reading (PoLR) scale. The PoLR investigates key predictors of leisure reading, namely…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Recreational Reading, Fiction, Nonfiction
Pre-Service EFL Teachers' Motivational Profiles for Recreational Reading in English
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Demiroz, Hakan; Yesilyurt, Savas – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2015
Limited studies have been conducted on the effects of reading motivation on recreational reading with a self-determination theory perspective. Thus, the present study aims to explore the motivational profiles of Turkish pre-service English teachers for recreational reading in English and the relationship between amount of reading, gender, grade,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, English (Second Language), English Teachers
Linking School Libraries and Literacy: Young People's Reading Habits and Attitudes to Their School Library, and an Exploration of the Relationship between School Library Use and School Attainment
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Clark, Christina – National Literacy Trust, 2010
This paper presents additional information from the authors' 2009 survey of young people's reading and writing--for more information see their forthcoming report Clark and Douglas (2010) "Young People's Reading and Writing: An in-depth study focusing on enjoyment, behaviour, attitudes and attainment." To support the School Library…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, Focus Groups, Reading Habits
An Investigation of the Relationship between Voluntary Reading and Certain Psychological, Environmental, and Socioeconomic Factors in Early Adolescence.
Landy, Sarah – 1977
This study investigated the relative importance of the major factors associated with the habit of reading or nonreading. Some 2,731 seventh-grade students were the subjects of the study; from these, 487 were identified as either readers or nonreaders, and, from this group, 22 students were selected for additional in-depth case studies. From over…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Masters Theses, Predictor Variables
The Attitudes and Preferences of Thirty-Eight Gifted Intermediate Grade Readers toward Their Recreational Reading Habits and a Profile of Their Pre-School Reading Readiness.
Bobel, Joseph, Jr. – 1981
A study was conducted to determine the attitudes and preferences of 38 intellectually gifted intermediate grade students toward their recreational reading habits. The students' parents also were surveyed to describe the children's reading readiness development. The results showed that the students preferred books over other materials, liked…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Early Experience, Early Reading, Intermediate Grades
Factors Related to Amount and Type of Leisure Time Reading.
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Greaney, Vincent; Quinn, John – 1978
Diaries showing how 920 Irish fifth graders spent their leisure time on three designated days within one week augmented data about the children's personal, school, and home characteristics to aid in determining the primary factors related to the amount and type of leisure time reading. The children reported spending a median time of 60 minutes per…
Descriptors: Elective Reading, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Factor Analysis