Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1974
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Literacy
Committee Chair
Neil Alden Roberts
Second Committee Member
Calvin Greatsinger
Third Committee Member
D. Burron
Abstract
It was hypothesized that there would be no significant difference between students' comprehension of a passage which was of high interest and students' comprehension of a passage which was of low interest.
Eighty-six high school students read two articles they indicated interest in and two they did not. Comprehension questions were answered on each of the four articles.
Of the 20 t tests conducted only two showed significant differences. This suggest that factors other than interest affect comprehension.
Recommended Citation
Olson, Carol Lynn, "Students' Selected Reading Materials According to Interest and the Relationship to Comprehension" (1974). All Master's Theses. 2253.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/2253
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