An Investigation of Factors Related to Change in Attitude toward Reading

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This article describes a study conducted to determine the relationship between change in attitude toward reading and (1) achievement in the basic word identification, vocabulary, and reading comprehension skills, (2) sex, (3) socioeconomic status, and (4) age. While the students in the experimental group made significantly greater gains than the students in the control group in both change in attitude toward reading and achievement in most of the skills tested, statistically significant relationships were found in only four areas. These were between change in attitude toward reading and achievement in (1) recognition of words in isolation, (2) level of comprehension, (3) recognition of letter sounds, and (4) syllabication. No significant relationships were found between change in attitude toward reading and sex, socioeconomic status, and age of the students in the study.

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