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ERIC Number: EJ872726
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jan
Pages: 24
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0922-4777
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Relationships between Sixth-Graders' Reading Comprehension and Two Different Measures of Print Exposure
Spear-Swerling, Louise; Brucker, Pamela O.; Alfano, Michael P.
Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, v23 n1 p73-96 Jan 2010
This study examined sixth-graders' reading comprehension and component reading abilities in relation to two measures of print exposure: an author recognition test (ART) involving fiction authors and a reading habits questionnaire (RHQ) about children's voluntary reading for enjoyment across various genres. The ART correlated only with children's fiction book reading habits, not with other habits such as nonfiction book or magazine reading, and had a stronger relationship to all tested reading abilities than did the RHQ. Strong comprehenders in reading outperformed weak comprehenders on all component reading measures, ART score, and fiction habits; however, weak comprehenders scored higher than did strong comprehenders on the indicator of nonfiction reading habits. The two groups of comprehenders did not differ significantly on other reported reading habits. The results are discussed in relation to children's specific book choices and demonstrate the relevance of genre to evaluations of children's print exposure.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 6
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Language: English
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