A Readability Study of Junior School Library Provision Related to Children's Interests and Reading Abilities

Bibliographic Data

ID9616015
AuthorsLynda Hill (University of London, corresponding author), L E HILL
Year1981
Volume51
Issue1
Pages102-104
Publication date1981-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8279.1981.tb02461.x
OpenAlexW1994584275
LanguageEN
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S ummary . An analysis of the library reading material of a junior school was related to the reading abilities and interests of its pupils. The school's resources of 4,793 library books were classified into 50 categories in two roughly equal groupings, Fiction and Information. A 5 per cent sample, stratified by category and placement, was measured by a modified Fry Graph. Two hundred and fifty‐eight children were assessed by Schonell Silent Reading Tests A and B and completed a questionnaire. The findings indicated that the readability levels of most of the books were considerably higher than the reading ages of the majority of the pupils. The results yielded a significant negative correlation between the children's professed interests and the subject matter of library non‐fiction reading material

Art · Curriculum · Developmental psychology · Grade level · Library science · Linguistics · Literature · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Picture books · Readability · Reading (process) · School library · Subject matter · Computer Science · Educational Methods and Media Use · Library Science and Administration · Library Science and Information Literacy · Philosophy · Psychology

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