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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.
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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.

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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