Reading Attitude Survey

Reading habits, Comprehension, General Reading, and how those

surveyed feel about reading academic texts.

Alexis Browne

Reading 1005

Questions
I

wanted to see if they felt they had too much and

were overwhelmed.

asked questions on how students felt about

reading in college, how students felt about
reading in general and what type of reading they
did.

also asked if students had any methods while

reading for college classes.

Hypothesis
I

feel college students will feel like they

have more to read for college and read
more for school than for themselves.

That

students may feel like they struggle

with reading.

The

students Have a hard time

comprehending the material

Setting and Participants

I decided to go to Facebook and ask for participants. This was to vary

the type of college students I had. I sent them an email with the
questions.

Types of students include: Traditional, Non-traditional and Online

schooling.

Ages ranged from 18-36 years

10 women

3 Men

Methodology
I had a few different question styles:

1 scaled response (1-4)

5 This or that (ex: Blue or Red)

2 Yes or No

2 short answer

Question 1:
Do you feel like you read more in Jr high/high school or
college?
1
5

College

Junior/High

Fun Fact:
100% of males said they
read more in college.
Only 50% of women said
they read more in college.

Both

Question 2:
Do you feel like you have too much to read in your college classes?

Yes
Fun fact: 2/3 of those who
said YES were 19 years old.

No

Sometimes

10

Question 3 & 4

Do you do more reading for school

at home or at school

Is more of your current reading for

school or pleasure?

3
5
8

10

Home

School

School

Pleasure

Question 5:
Which do you get distracted more while reading?

14
12

12

10
8
6
4
2

Academic
Fun Fact: A female was the only one who said
she was distracted most while reading novels

Novels

Question 6:
Do you use any strategies while reading academic texts?

2 out of 13 did not use any types of

strategies while reading academic
texts.

Some used more than one method

Most used Notes/Keywords

7

Underlining/ Highlighting
Notes/Keynotes

Sunmarize
Other

Question 7:
When you are reading text for a class do you tend to power through it or break it into smaller
sections?

Chart Title
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

Power Through

Smaller Sections
Men

Fun Fact: Powering through the chapter is not

one gender over the other (66% & 70%)

Women

Question 8:
How happy are you with your reading rate?

4- Very Happy

1- Unhappy

Fun Facts: No one was unhappy about their reading rate! Also, If I were to rate myself, I
would be a 3

Question 9:
Do you feel like you have a hard time comprehending the reading in you texts?

3
Some of the responses with their answers:
Yes, If very proper and uses lots of definitions

Yes, I Always struggled to comprehend texts

Yes, if I cant connect it to something in the real world

Yes

No

Sometimes

No, I have always been an advanced reader

Discussion and Perspective:

I was very surprised that people

felt they did not have too much to
read in college. (one even said
they wished they were given
more!).
I was surprised that there werent
closer numbers on some charts
having different types of students.

Things to do differently:

Surveyed more men

Added some more questions

Surveyed more people overall.

Some More facts I learned

I feel that no matter what types of students I surveyed they all had similar
answers.

Median age was 27

Age didnt mean more confident in reading rate

Age didnt play a factor in answers.

Me Against the Survey

I was in the majority on most answers.

I feel like sometimes they do give out a lot of reading. (Ill either get a lot of
reading at once, or none.)

I do break my reading into smaller sections because I have a shorter

attention span. (majority power through)