ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT. Students in sixth and ninth grades were surveyed to determine attitudes toward reading and identify factors associated with the development of a love of reading.
Certainly, learning to read is valued by many cultures, and the ability to read is regarded as the most fundamental goal of education. However, though most children in the United States do learn to read, many
5 leave school unable to read beyond the most basic functional level. The degree to which schools are effective purveyors of reading education and the methods used to teach reading has become the subject of controversy. However, factors that foster a child's love of
10 reading have, for the most part, been left out of the debate.
