Dissertation Information for Jane Anne Therese Hannigan NAME: - Jane Anne Therese Hannigan
- (Alias) Jane Hannigan
DEGREE:
- Ph.D.
DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science
SCHOOL:
- Columbia University (USA) (1969)
ADVISORS: - Frances Henne
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: - Alice Bryan - Ray L. Trautman - Theodore C. Hines - Richard H. Logsdon
MPACT Status: Fully Complete
Title: READING, VIEWING, AND LISTENING CHARACTERISTICS OF ACADEMICALLY TALENTED STUDENTS
Abstract: The primary purpose of this study was to describe the reading characteristics and reading patterns of academically talented students during their senior year in high school. The second purpose was that of describing the nature and extent of use made by these students of audiovisual materials. Of these two objectives, the former received major emphasis in that more information was obtained about reading than about listening and viewing in relation to the students' attitudes, opinions, and background history concerning these media.
The sample designed for this investigation consisted of 117 academically talented students (sixty-five boys and fifty-two girls) who were selected by school administrators on the basis of academic achievement from twelve high schools in the New York metropolitan area that provided programs for such students.The sample of schools included seven metropolitan high schools and five urban high schools. Data for each group of students in the twelve schools were obtained in two time periods of eight weeks each during the 1963-64 scho91 year.
Findings are based on the responses given to the investigator in questionaires, checklists, diary records, and interviews; additional information for case studies was tape-recorded during six one-half hour interview sessions with each student.
In relation to the reading of the academically talented students, this study describes the following:
1. General characteristics of the students as readers: attitudes toward reading, importance attached to reading, place of reading in relation to other activities, status of reading in the home, the nature of the home library, childhood reading, and related topics.
2. General reading patterns of students: amount of time spent in reading, reading interests (types of materials and subject areas), favorite books, favorite authors, magazine and newspaper reading, amount of free reading in relation to reading for school work, and satisfactions and frustrations in reading.
3. Reading done for school work: amount of time spent in reading, quantity of reading, and types and titles of materials read.
4. Reading done for purposes other than school assignments: amount of time spent in reading, quantity of reading, reasons for reading, and types and titles of materials read.
5. Factors influencing. the selection of materials and sources from which materials were obtained
For the listening and viewing of academically talented students, the purposes of this study fucused on collecting evidence that would describe the following:
1. Attitudes of the students toward audiovisual media.
2. General viewing and listening patterns of the students: amount of time spent in viewing and listening, audiovisual interests, favorite shows and records, and satisfactions and frustrations with audiovisual media. school
3. Listening and viewing for purposes other than work: amount of time spent in listening and viewing, for using media, and titles.
4. Influence's of audiovisual media on reading.
Major findings of this investigation were: 1. The need to be well-rounded individuals athletically and socially, to be involved actively in multiple activities, and to be academically successful made great demands on their time and exerted extreme pressure on their personal development.
2. Although reading had a major placee in the students' allocation of time, most students did not have as much time availabe for free reading as they would have liked.
3. Free reading consisted primarily of the reading of newspapers and periodicals rather than books.
4. The existence of the paperback book affected reading habits and patterns of these academically talented students.
5. Students were interested in and enthusiastic about contemporary literature.
6. Academically talented students read few items in conjunction with research for term papers.
7. The majority of the materials used by the students for their assignments and for free reading were not obtained by them in libraries during the sample time period.
8. Of the several direct and indirect influences that affected the students in their selection of reading materials, the influence of teachers was the most important.
9. Academically talented students were opposed to all forms of censorship.
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MPACT Scores for Jane Anne Therese Hannigan A = 19
C = 14
A+C = 33
T = 21
G = 2
W = 19
TD = 20
TA = 1
calculated 2008-07-25 19:08:27
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