The Influence of Economic Status on the Reading Preferences of Nigerian Primary Pupils

Conclusive evidence that socio-economic status, among other factors, affects the book choices of young readers has so far eluded reading comprehension researchers. Thus, the quest still goes on for a statistically valid instrument that may be used as a measure of reading preferences. Through such...

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Main Authors: Lasisi, Monica, Adeyanju, ‘Lade
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Language:English
Published: 2014
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description Conclusive evidence that socio-economic status, among other factors, affects the book choices of young readers has so far eluded reading comprehension researchers. Thus, the quest still goes on for a statistically valid instrument that may be used as a measure of reading preferences. Through such investigation, an accurate reading interest scale might be provided. Accordingly, the present study sets out to determine the effect of social status on the book selections of children while employing a non-verbal test instrument in the form of pictures.
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spelling oai:ir.oauife.edu.ng:123456789-28002023-05-13T11:07:16Z The Influence of Economic Status on the Reading Preferences of Nigerian Primary Pupils Lasisi, Monica Adeyanju, ‘Lade Reading preferences Interest inventory method Nigerian primary pupils Conclusive evidence that socio-economic status, among other factors, affects the book choices of young readers has so far eluded reading comprehension researchers. Thus, the quest still goes on for a statistically valid instrument that may be used as a measure of reading preferences. Through such investigation, an accurate reading interest scale might be provided. Accordingly, the present study sets out to determine the effect of social status on the book selections of children while employing a non-verbal test instrument in the form of pictures. 2014-08-13T13:08:17Z 2018-10-27T15:15:47Z 2014-08-13T13:08:17Z 2018-10-27T15:15:47Z 1991 Book chapter Lasisi, Monica and Adeyanju, ‘Lade (1991). The Influence of Economic Status on the Reading Preferences of Nigerian Primary Pupils. In in Oyetunde, Aliyu and Aboderin (eds.). Literacy and Reading in Nigeria. 5, Lagos, NERDC Press. http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2800 en PDF application/pdf Nigeria
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Interest inventory method
Nigerian primary pupils
Lasisi, Monica
Adeyanju, ‘Lade
The Influence of Economic Status on the Reading Preferences of Nigerian Primary Pupils
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Interest inventory method
Nigerian primary pupils
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