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Document Description
Title
A
survey
of the
leisure
reading
of
junior
high
school
students
in the
province
of
Newfoundland
Author
Lane
,
Barbara
Ann
Description
Thesis
(M.Ed.)--Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
1985.
Education
Date
1985
Pagination
x, 171 leaves
Subject
Junior
high
school
students--Newfoundland
and
Labrador--Books
and
reading;
Students--Newfoundland
and
Labrador--Books
and
reading;
Degree
M.Ed.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Education
Discipline
Education
Language
Eng
Spatial Coverage
Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador
Notes
Bibliography
:
leaves
100-102
Abstract
This
study
was
designed
to
gather
information
on the
leisure
reading
habits
and
interests
of
junior
high
school
students
in the
province
of
Newfoundland.
The
population
surveyed
was
randomly
selected
from
four
Newfoundland
School
Boards
considered
to be
representative
of the
Newfoundland
school
population.
The
questionnaire
method
was
used
to
collect
the
necessary
information
from the
students
and
one
hundred
percent
return
was
achieved.
--
Results
showed
that a
high
percentage
of the
students
surveyed
enjoyed
reading
in their
leisure
time
,
although
girls
were
more
likely
than were
boys
to
read
for
enjoyment.
Although
there were
some
interests
common
to
both
sexes
, there was a
marked
difference
between
reading
choices
of
boys
and
girls.
--
Both
boys
and
girls
indicated
a
strong
interest
in
mystery/adventure
stories
and
stories
about
young
people.
With
respect
to the
genres
,
girls
reported
a
preference
for
novels
and
boys
a
preference
for
short
stories.
Poetry
was of
little
interest
to
either
sex.
Both
sexes
preferred
fiction
to
fact
,
prose
to
poetry
,
plays
to
essays
and
magazines
to
newspapers.
--
The
students
reported
that the
greatest
deterrents
to their
leisure
reading
were
lack
of
time
and the
lack
of
interesting
books.
The
books
on the
supplementary
reading
list
were not
widely
read
by the
students
of
either
sex.
The
book's
title
and the
influence
of
movies
and
television
were the
two
greatest
influences
on
students'
choices
in
books.
--
A
number
of
recommendations
for
improvement
in the
leisure
reading
programs
in
Newfoundland
are
presented
as a
result
of the
conclusions
reached
in this
study.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
thesis
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
75337388
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
PDF File
(20.67
MB)
--
http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Lane_BarbaraAnn.pdf
CONTENTdm file name
316117.cpd
