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Boys' Reading Habits as Children and Their College Grades

Gower, Samantha M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1269271019

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2010, Master of Education (MEd), Bowling Green State University, Reading.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether a correlation existed betweenboys' reading for enjoyment in their youth and their academic performance in college. This study examined the number of days boys read as children, the genres of books they read most often, the method of reading (independent, with someone else, or a combination of the two) they used most often while reading, if they thought reading had helped them throughout their schooling and why, and their college GPA. An eight question survey was designed and given to sophomore, junior, and senior male members of an introduction to communication studies course at a public university in Northern Ohio. A mixed-methods research design was used to analyze the data. The major results were that no correlation exists between the two variables, but that a majority of the participants believed that reading for enjoyment in their youth had helped them throughout their schooling with comprehension, acquisition of vocabulary, speaking, writing, and other items. It was concluded that even though no correlation was found, the variables were skewed (GPA negatively and days read per week positively) which would impact the finding of a relationship between the two variables. A relationship could exist, but more research would need to be conducted and more diverse data would need to be attained to determine if a correlation does exist. It was also concluded that the participants believed that reading had helped them, which has great implications for the early childhood reading classroom since it appears important to success in life.
Timothy Murnen, PhD (Committee Chair)
Cindy Hendricks, PhD (Committee Member)
Toni Sondergeld, PhD (Committee Member)
90 p.
Reading Instruction
Boys; Reading; College

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  • Gower, S. M. (2010). Boys' Reading Habits as Children and Their College Grades [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1269271019

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gower, Samantha. Boys' Reading Habits as Children and Their College Grades. 2010. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1269271019.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gower, Samantha. "Boys' Reading Habits as Children and Their College Grades." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1269271019

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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