Call number: LD2668 .T4 1984 S64 / Master of Science

Review of Women ’s Nonfiction : A Guide to Reading Interests. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited (an imprint of ABCCLIO), 2009. 442p. $55.00, ISBN 978-1591586586.

An iterative case-study approach was used in this investigation of reading processes used by mature experienced readers. Six retired schoolteachers (aged 55 plus) were interviewed to obtain comprehensive data on their reading interests, attitudes, and life long reading habits. A combination of modified cloze and guided introspection procedures were used to examine the reading behaviours exhibited across multiple and varied texts. / Scoring procedures were developed which considered sentence, partial text, and whole text level acceptability of modified cloze responses. As well, a framework which considered whether responses were mainly text-based or knowledge-based was developed for analyzing the guided introspection data. / Results indicated that although attitudes towards reading were constant across total lifespan, reasons for reading and reading interests changed. Differences in processes used to comprehend text were apparent across both subjects and texts. Subjects exhibited similar sentence and partial text scores, but whole text level scores differed. Guided introspection protocols indicated mainly interactive response processing rather than either text-based or knowledge-based processing. Mode of processing changed across texts depending on reader interest in text topics. / Results indicated the value of the iterative case-study design for obtaining intensive data on reading processes. As well, the procedures developed for collecting and analyzing data were useful for examining how readers construct and reconstruct meaning as they read.

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Joseph K. Torgesen, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Psychology. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 27, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 74 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--Rutgers State University. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--Wisconsin. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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The problem selected for study in the present research project is to determine the reading interests of freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, and graduate students enrolled in the North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, Texas, during the first semester of the 1942-1943 school year.