Measuring Interest in Reading Social Studies Materials  

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Ataya, Rosemarie L. ; Kulikowich, Jonna M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Educational and Psychological Measurement vol. 62 no. 6 (2002), page 1028-1041.
Topik: READING; measurement; reading; social research; psychology
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The development of the social studies interest inventory - interest in reading amtetrials is described in this study. Two hundred sixty - three middle school students and 320 high school students enroleed in an urban school district in a new england state participated in the study. The 15 - item inventory used a 5 - point likert scale to assess student interest in reading materials related to the discipline of social studies. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of student scores yielded three dimensions of itnerest for social studies reading materials : a. textbook materials b. creative materials, and c. news materials Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the derived factor structure. By comparing the three factor scores, it is determined that students reported significantly more interest in reaidng cretive materials than they did textbook or news materials. Based ont hese results, suggestions are offered for future reaseach and practice.

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