Urban Middle and High School Students Reading Attitudes and Beliefs: A Large-Sample Survey

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Reading attitudes and beliefs about reading competency are thought to affect reading frequency, and thus exert an indirect influence on reading achievement. This study examines student attitudes and beliefs concerning recreational and academic reading among a large sample (N = 14,315) of urban middle and high school students (grades 7 to 12). Contrary to previous findings on elementary age students, the present study found that positive attitudes toward reading do not appear to decline as students get older, nor does the gap in positive attitudes widen between good and poor readers. Consistent with other research, beliefs about reading competence were stable or rising in high school. Girls were found to have more positive attitudes toward reading than boys, and students with higher self-reported English/reading grades had substantially higher levels of reading motivation and reading self-efficacy. Implications for theories of reading attitude formation, reading self-efficacy, and reading instruction are discussed.

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Jeff McQuillan, jeff. 2013. "Urban Middle and High School Students Reading Attitudes and Beliefs: A Large-Sample Survey". Global Journal of Human-Social Science - G: Linguistics & Education GJHSS-G Volume 13 (GJHSS Volume 13 Issue G7).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

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  • Submission ReceivedDecember 14, 2012
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  • Accepted January 4, 2013
  • Published January 15, 2013
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Urban Middle and High School Students Reading Attitudes and Beliefs: A Large-Sample Survey

Jeff McQuillan
Jeff McQuillan Center for Educational Development
  • Submission ReceivedDecember 14, 2012
  • Peer Review Double Blind
    Handling Editor
  • Accepted January 4, 2013
  • Published January 15, 2013