The seminar summarized in this report was held at the University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) in July 1970 as part of the summer program of the Center for Twentieth Century Studies. Moderator for the seminar, for which the general topic was the appreciation of literature as one of the arts, was Robert F. Roeming, director of the Center. Each of the…

Intended as a manual for teaching children the delights of books and reading, this guide lists 147 picture books covering a broad range of topics, concepts, and ideas for elementary and junior high school students. The description of each book is followed by one or more suggested activities ranging from dramatizations to media production, art…

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of the influence of literature on the attitudes, values, and behavior of adolescents; to determine the relationship between certain personal and contextual factors and the influence of literature; and to analyze the characteristics of the literature which does influence adolescents. A…

The four major purposes of this study were: to examine and describe the in-depth discussions by selected sixth graders of specific books in an attempt to characterize the nature of the responses; to compare four strategies which were employed for initiating the different discussions; to discover the range of personal involvement which sixth…

Divided into three sections, "Outstanding Selections,""Additional Titles," and "May Fill a Special Need," the ninth annual booklist of the Young Adult Reviewers of Southern California covers books published during 1973. The reviewers are professional librarians employed in school and public libraries whose purpose is to evaluate young adult books…

The independent reading behavior of 150 achieving fifth graders was investigated. Attention was directed toward the quality and variety of choice as well as to the number of books read. These variables were intercorrelated with standardized achievement tests, IQ, and a number of noncognitive and demographic variables. Indices of quantity, variety,…

Literature experts, educators, and a national cross-section of interested laymen were gathered by the National Assessment of Educational Progress to define major objectives in literature instruction, to suggest tasks to sample these objectives and exhibit the achievements, interests, and attitudes of those exposed to literature, and to describe…

An approach to learning called "English in Every Classroom" and based on the concepts of saturation and diffusion is presented in a book that proposes to surround the student with newspapers, magazines, and paperbound books until he comes to perceive them as a pleasureable means to a necessary end and to relate school to the world outside. The…

This study attempted to estimate by objective means the level of sophistication of high school students' interest in fiction and to determine the degree to which sophistication was related to selected personality factors and to sex, age, intelligence, and reading achievement. A scale was developed to measure sophistication of reading interests; a…

All of the studies reported in A. Sterl Artley's Trends and Practices in Secondary School Reading: A Report on Recent Research are cited and abstracted in this companion bibliography to that monograph. The entries are classified into the same categories used in the monograph: (1) Status of Reading Achievement, (2) Factors Related to Continued…

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…

The basic question under study was whether, or to what extent, the regular use of a library induces a modification in the user's structure of tastes and activities. In the spring of 1972, detailed interviews were conducted with 400 library users and 200 matched nonusers in two middle sized Hungarian towns. Interviewees were asked to evaluate, on a…

The reading habits of inservice elementary school teachers were surveyed through questionnaires administered in the summers of 1966 and 1972. The present study examined the findings of the two surveys for differences and possible inferences. Answers were sought to such questions as what magazines other than professional education journals were…

Designed to measure the changes in attitudes toward reading for pleasure of student groups in grades one to three, this instrument consists of 32 items stated in story form. Each item appears on a single page of the student's booklet, along with three faces representing happy, indifferent, and unhappy reactions. The administrator reads the item to…

The author addresses teachers, parents, and young readers on the importance of reading fiction for young people. The first chapter, "Young People Reading," discusses the development of children's literature (upper-early secondary) since the eighteenth century. "The Novel in the Conservative Classroom" argues for the inclusion of contemporary as…