Reading Survey-Green Group
1. What type of books do you like to read? Circle all that apply.
Adventure
Science Fiction
Humor or Comedy
Mysteries
Non-fiction
Other____________________________________________
Most students chose Adventure, Humor, Non-Fiction, and/or Mysteries
2. What subjects do you like to read about in non-fiction books? Circle all that apply.
History or historical figures
Biographies
Sports stars
Celebrities
Science
Weather
Other_____________________________________________
Most students chose history, sports stars, celebrities, and science.
3. Name three of your favorite books.
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Favorite books listed include Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the Harry Potter series,
Fable Haven, The Hunger Games, Goosebumps, Captain Underpants, the
the Twilight series, The Kite Runner, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn, Junie B. Jones, Geronimo Stilton, A to Z Mysteries,
Percy Jackson, and A Series of Unfortunate Events.
4. Do you ever read newspapers or magazines? If so, which ones?
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Most students chose the answer “no”. However, the few that stated
“yes” magazines include People, Popstar, Lego Club, Disney Stars, Teen,
Cosmopolitan, UsMagazine, Sports Illustrated, and various gamer
magazines.
5. How much time do you spend reading for enjoyment every week?
Less than one hour
1-2 hours
2-4 hours
More than 4 hours
Most students chose between 1-2 hours. High school students chose
less than one hour due to the large amount of academic reading
assigned.
6. How much time do you spend reading for school assignments or activities every week?
Less than one hour
1-2 hours
2-4 hours
More than 4 hours
Most students chose between 1-2 hours.
7. Do you ever read aloud to anyone?
Never
Sometimes
All the time
Most students chose “sometimes”.
8. Does anyone ever read to you?
Never
Sometimes
All the time
Most students chose “sometimes”.
9. What do you do when you have to read a boring book for school? How do you get through it?
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Answers included “read fast and get through it”, “take notes and ask myself
questions”, “find online resources or audiotexts”, “read in chunks and take a lot of
breaks”, “ask my teacher if I can read something else”, “tell myself I can read
something I like if I get done with this book”, and “cry”.
10. How many books do you have at home?______________________
Answers were extremely varied on this question. Most answers included
“0-1000”, “around 50”, “over 100”, “too many to count”.
11. Do you ever see your parents read at home? If so, what do they read?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
165 out of 247 students see their parents read at home. Text mentioned read by parents include the Bible, the newspaper, fashion magazines, bills,
Facebook messages, “boring parent books”, “books for work”, “books with no
pictures inappropriate for kids”, the Hunger Games, and the Twilight series.
12. Do you have an e-reader?_________________
76 of 247 students DO have e-readers.
I enjoyed reading your survey Green Team!I liked that students were able to answer a variety of questions about their reading habits both at school and home.
ReplyDeleteI teach primarily freshmen. I noticed that you said your high school students chose less than 1 hour of reading for enjoyment due to the large amount of academic reading assigned to them. When developing a literature based lesson plan, in addition to the time needed to do other classwork, I take a number of factors into consideration. I know that I have students who are well below level in reading as well as students who are well above level. In order to keep those groups, as well as those in the mid-level reading group, engaged, I make sure the lesson and activities will include and challenge all students. I have found that books that contain the materials and topics that are currently being read serve as great motivational tools because it makes them feel they are not “working”; since it is a book they would read on their own time, they do not consider it to be work. I also think that helps students maximize their enjoyment reading time since the books I have chosen are dual purposed--for enjoyment as well as learning.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your survey. I found it interesting that out of 247 students surveyed only 165 saw their parents read.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your survey. It appears that the students you surveyed do not enjoy reading much because they only read about 1 or 2 hours per week. The survey also showed that they would rather participate in other activities besides reading. Very interesting!
ReplyDeleteHello Green team,
ReplyDeleteI like the survey you gave the students. I am glad that most of the students see their parents read at home. They are getting modeling by parents and school. That was a very good question.
I enjoyed seeing that the students saw their parents reading! Even if it's just paperwork such as bills, it shows them how important reading is!
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