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Discriminating between attitudes expressed by normal and disabled readers
Author(s) -
Wallbrown Fred H.,
Vance Hubert H.,
Prichard Karen Kidd
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197910)16:4<472::aid-pits2310160402>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - reading (process) , psychology , reading disability , value (mathematics) , developmental psychology , social psychology , learning disabled , function (biology) , normal group , learning disability , dyslexia , linguistics , philosophy , machine learning , evolutionary biology , computer science , biology , medicine
The Survey of Reading Attitudes was administered to 84 normal and 116 disabled readers from the intermediate grades, and a discriminate function analysis was performed on their scores for the eight dimensions of reading attitudes measured by the Survey. The findings indicate that Expressed Reading Difficulty, Reading as Enjoyment, and Reading Group are the three variables that discriminate between these two groups. In comparison with normal readers, disabled readers are more likely to feel negatively about their reading group, less likely to see themselves as pursuing reading for its intrinsic value, and more likely to perceive of themselves as having difficulty with reading. However, the extent to which these findings can be generalized beyond the present sample of white Appalachian students must be established through future research.