Investigating Primary Students' Reading Attitudes with Respect to Different Variables

Abstract

. This research aims to investigate primary school students' reading attitudes with respect to different variables. Quantitative research method is used in this research. Participants involved 3rd and 4th grade students who attend primary schools in Çanakkale during 2015-2016 academic years. Simple random sampling is used in this research. Data is collected through Reading Attitude Scale adopted by Çakıroğlu ve Palancı (2015). In the data analysis, first, percentage and frequency distribution will be calculated. Then, the analysis carried out to understand whether the data meet the assumptions of normality. Findings of this research indicate that students feel a bit unhappy regarding the recreational reading attitudes and a bit happy regarding the academic reading attitudes. There is no significant difference in students’ recreational and academic reading attitudes in favour of girls or boys. Besides, third graders recreational and academic reading attitudes are found more positive than fourth graders. Findings also showed that 11 year-old students have more positive attitudes of recreational reading while 9 year-old students have more positive attitudes of academic reading. Furthermore, there are no significant difference students’ recreational and academic reading attitudes in terms of maternal education level. However, significant difference found in students’ recreational reading attitudes in favour of fathers who graduated high school, while there is no significant difference in academic reading attitudes in favour of maternal education level.