First Year Reading Habits and Attitudes 2013

First Year Reading Habits and Attitudes 2013St. Pauls Secondary School,Greenhills.

Aim of ProjectThe promotion and development of Literacy: Students LEADING Research from the Bottom up

Integrating the use of ICT a Second Year committee was purposively selected to gather analyse and present data on First Year Reading habits and attitudes.

Student Learning ObjectivesTo develop teamwork, communication, peer mentoring and presentation skills.

To enhance literacy, numeracy (statistics) and ICT Skills.

To develop basic research skills information gathering and design of survey instrument.

Students should know how to report research findings.

Project Design

Review LiteratureDesign online QuestionnaireConduct SurveyAnalyse, communicate and Present.

Survey Instrument: Online Questionnaire

Communication and presentation of findingsOral: 5th Year Literacy Committee and school Literacy coordinator.

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Leadership Collaborative PyramidStaff LiteracyCommittee 5th yr. LiteracyCommittee First Year RespondentsThere was a 99% response rate by First Years.Key Statistics84% agreed that reading is important. 71% agreed that reading is a skill for life.

63% enjoyed reading.

Key Statistics Cont.56% agreed that reading is fun.

47% agreed that reading teaches them how other people live.

44% agreed that reading helps them understand the World.

36% reported that their reading time has decreased in recent years.

The Importance of reading: First Year commentsIt helps you learn.

It helps to improve your English and your imagination.

It helps your speech[and] writing it helps me when I make stories.

It broadens your mind and improves your vocabulary.

It improves spelling and grammar and you learn new things.

The Importance of reading: First Year comments cont.It helps you with words and spelling.

It helps us with literacy.

Itopens up our minds.

[To] get a good job.

It helps you to spell and read more quickly and better.

Some First year comments about readingI enjoy books.

I liked reading ever since I learned to read what was written on the stop sign.

If the book looks good.

My dad kept nagging me to read. I started and now I really like it

Some First year comments about reading cont.People are saying other books are good so I decided to read them.

It takes you somewhere else.

I couldnt sleep so my mam said to read

First Years: Favourite authors J.J.R. TolkeinJacqueline WilsonCassandra ClareSuzanne CollinsJohn SteinbeckMeg CabotVictor HugoStephenie Meyer

J.K RowlingNicholas SparksEoin ColferMichael Lawrence

Other activities that would promote First Years to read Family reading time

Apps on my phone

Reading with friends

Reading book reviews

Creating and writing own books

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