Measuring Attitudes Toward Reading in Large Scale Assessment / Dennis Deck and J. Jackson Barnette.

Attitude toward reading is an important educational outcome and evaluative criteria due to its relationship to reading behavior and the refinement of reading skills. However, existing scales for assessing reading attitudes are invalid, are constrained by a ceiling effect, or are difficult to adminis...

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Main Authors: Deck, Dennis
Barnette, J. Jackson (Author)
Corporate Author: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Center for Cooperative Research with Schools
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1976.
Subjects:
Attitude Measures.
Elementary Education.
Family Influence.
Group Testing.
Reading.
Reading Habits.
Reading Interests.
Student Attitudes.
Test Construction.
Test Reliability.
Test Validity.
Attitudes Toward Reading Scale
Reports, Research.
Genre:
Reports, Research.
Physical Description:21 pages
Format: Microfilm Book
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Summary:
Attitude toward reading is an important educational outcome and evaluative criteria due to its relationship to reading behavior and the refinement of reading skills. However, existing scales for assessing reading attitudes are invalid, are constrained by a ceiling effect, or are difficult to administer. A reading attitude assessment package was developed to overcome some of the inadequacies of these scales. The resulting measures were reliable and special provisions were made for testing primary level students. The relationship of the scores to reading achievement, reading behavior, and home environment is discussed. (Author)
Note:ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (60th, San Francisco, California, April 19-23, 1976).
Educational level discussed: Elementary Education.
Microform.
Call Number:ED128407 Microfiche
Reproduction Note:
Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.