ERIC Number: EJ1085708
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-0270-2711
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Reading Attitudes of Texas High School Students
Bussert-Webb, Kathy; Zhang, Zhidong
Reading Psychology, v37 n3 p424-448 2016
Through random sampling, we surveyed 2,568 high school students throughout Texas to determine their reading attitudes vis-à-vis individual and school background variables. Sources were the Rhody reading attitude scale and public domain campus summary data; the lenses of attitude theory and social justice informed this study. Significant differences appeared in overall reading attitude and gender, as well as these school characteristics: public and private, rural and urban, low and high poverty, low and high diversity, and small versus large student-teacher ratios. From the results, an avid reader from a public school would be in small classes in an urban school serving mostly students of color and poverty. These findings challenge educators, researchers, and policy-makers to rethink common misperceptions of the reading attitudes of youths in diverse, high-poverty urban schools.
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, High School Students, Predictor Variables, Student Attitudes, Theories, Social Justice, Gender Differences, Institutional Characteristics, Public Schools, Private Schools, Rural Urban Differences, School Size, Teacher Student Ratio, Student Diversity, Poverty, Measures (Individuals), Likert Scales, Socioeconomic Status, Minority Group Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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