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Dissertation Information for Nancy Ann Newman

NAME:
- Nancy Ann Newman

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of North Texas (USA) (1984)

ADVISORS:
- Herman L. Totten

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Donald B. Cleveland
- Kenneth Ferstl
- Dewey Eugene Carroll

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: SELECTED FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH READING INTERESTS OF SEVENTH- AND EIGHTH-GRADE PUPILS

Abstract: This study sought to determine if there were differences in the types of reading interests of seventh- and eighth-grade pupils associated with their racial origins, their socioeconomic status, or their school environments. It also sought to consider the strength of reading interest scores as related to other variables and to consider the relationship between these scores and the number of hours spent in reading and the change in amount of reading since the previous school year.

Reading interest was established by use of a questionnaire consisting of categories of reading interests and a questionnaire concerning reading habits and influences of reading materials. Social status was determined by applying the two-factor criterion of education and occupation of parents to an index of social status. A sample of 647 pupils representing three schools was selected for the study. The statistical procedures used were factor analysis, analysis of variance, Scheffe multiple comparison test, chi-square, and regression.

The study found that race appeared to be a related factor in five of the seven reading interest categories and in four of the fourteen choices of influences of reading materials. No statistically significant differences between the levels of socioeconomic status were found in reading interest; however, socioeconomic status appeared to be a related factor in three of the seven reading interest clusters and in five of the choices of influences. The regression analysis of twelve variables found that four contributed significantly to the total reading interest scores of pupils.

These findings and conclusions should be useful for collection development and reading guidance purposes. The study supports the understanding that certain types of reading materials may have special appeal to different pupils. At the same time a common core of reading interests appears to exist which should be stressed by librarians and reading advisors.

MPACT Scores for Nancy Ann Newman

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calculated 2008-01-31 06:20:56

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