Date Approved
5-7-2007
Embargo Period
3-30-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in School and Public Librarianship
Department
Special Educational Services/Instruction
College
College of Education
Advisor
Shontz, Marilyn
Subject(s)
Books and reading; Reading (Elementary)
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Abstract
The purposes of this study were to determine how much time was dedicated to recreational reading by sixth grade students and what were the topics and genres that interested them. Questionnaires were administered to 201 out of 257 regular education sixth grade students regardless of gender and reading level. According to the results, there was a direct correlation between the types of books that the students enjoyed reading, their opinions on student choice of recreational reading books versus teacher choice of assigned books, and the types of books that they would like to have more of as required reading for English class. Recommendations about how to formulate a sixth grade recreational reading program are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Angela M., "Recreational reading program for sixth grade students" (2007). Theses and Dissertations. 844.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/844
