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The Effect Of Reading Habits On Academic Success, Taylor Hicks
The Effect Of Reading Habits On Academic Success, Taylor Hicks
Culminating Experience Projects
The goal of most students is to achieve academic success. In order to be successful, students must form healthy reading habits because there is a positive correlation between academic success and reading habits. The more students read, the greater their chances of performing well academically. By participating in frequent reading, students will, not only perform well in school, they will also expand their vocabulary, improve their writing skills, and sharpen their critical thinking skills. We are in the midst of a literacy crisis, though. Students are choosing other avenues for entertainment instead of reading. This could potentially have detrimental consequences. …
Searching For Balance: The Reading Choices, Experiences, And Habits Of Women In Higher Education Leadership Roles, Laura Burns
Searching For Balance: The Reading Choices, Experiences, And Habits Of Women In Higher Education Leadership Roles, Laura Burns
Education (PhD) Dissertations
Women in higher education leadership roles face complicated challenges in their professional roles, and struggle to maintain work-life balance, yet they make time to read for professional development and for pleasure. Utilizing grounded theory methodology, focus group methods, and grounded theory coding, this study examines the reading choices and habits of women in higher education leadership roles, delving into how they balance their reading between material tied to their professional interests and leisure reading material, and to what extent reading for pleasure contributes to their work-life balance. The study explores what reading materials women academic leaders consume, and where they …
A Study Of The Reading Habits Of Parents In A Utah College Community, Laverna Heaton Allen
A Study Of The Reading Habits Of Parents In A Utah College Community, Laverna Heaton Allen
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
A Record of what people read is part of the social history of that people, a significant insight into their thinking and emotions.
What people read in newspaper, magazines, books, and other printed material is important because in influences their attitudes and opinions. What they fail to read is also important, for persons with the most misconceptions and prejudices are usually the least well read.