Reading Habits Of University Students Research Articles

Effect of Gender Differences in Reading Habits of University Students in Sri Lanka

Effect of Gender Differences in Reading Habits of University Students in Sri Lanka

“It makes you feel like more of a person:” The leisure reading habits of university students in the US and UK and how academic libraries can support them

A study that explores the leisure reading habits and leisure collection use patterns of university students in the United States and United Kingdom. Ninety-eight students on ten university campuses (five in each country) were interviewed about their reading habits and observations were conducted at each campus. Results demonstrated that most university students interviewed do read for leisure, despite the persistent narrative in academic literature and popular media to the contrary. It does not necessarily follow that student readers will use their university library for this purpose simply because it has a leisure collection. Future research on student reading and practical recommendations for academic libraries with leisure collections are discussed.

Digital resources and the reading habits of university students in Nigeria

The study examined digital resources (DRs) and the reading habits of university students in Nigeria. This study aims to establish the relationship between DRs and the reading habits of university students in Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all university students in Nigeria. An online questionnaire was used to collect data. The questionnaire was validated by two experts in research methodology and educational technology. 412 university students who responded to the questionnaire were used as the sample for the study. The sample size is justified by Fox et al. (2007) and Meyer (1979), who recommended 384 samples from an infinite population range. Cronbach’s alpha was used to establish the reliability of the instrument, which yielded 0.76. Data were analyzed with frequency counts and simple percentages, and statistical product and service solutions version 23 was used to generate the mean and standard deviation while Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient was used to test the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings established that the majority of the university students used DRs daily and the Internet resources were mostly used by the students. The students had positive perceptions of the impacts of DR usage on their reading habits. Lastly, the test of the hypothesis showed that there is a significant relationship between DRs and the reading habits of university students in Nigeria. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended that the university management should continue to provide the Internet services and computer systems so that students can continue to enjoy more access to DRs to enhance their learning.

Reading and associated competences of information and documentation professionals: the reading behavior of future librarians

Numerous studies have analyzed the reading habits of university students, demonstrating the benefits of voluntary reading for academic performance. It is thus paradoxical that a large fraction of university students only read instrumentally and are far from adopting stable reading habits. This general situation is repeated among future professionals in the education field, whose personal reading experiences have been proven to have a decisive influence on their training and professional practice. Students on information and documentation degree courses are among the group of future professionals who are strongly linked to reading and who must attain competence in reading and comprehension. The main aim of this study is to use a sample of 214 students on information and documentation degree courses at five Spanish universities to analyze the professional profiles of most interest to them and their relationship with reading, both at a global level and depending on their chosen profile. The results reveal that many students have not identified a clearly defined professional profile. We also confirm findings from other studies on reading habits and behaviors, where it is evident that voluntary reading is not part of their lifestyle, albeit with some differences here between students depending on the professional profile selected. These results support the idea that, although some of these competences do not seem to have a strictly information or documentation nature, given the importance given to them in professional opportunities related to these studies, their reinforcement should be considered in future revisions of such degrees.

The Newspaper Reading Habits of University Students: A case Study of University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (2018)

Through a questionnnaires based survey, newspaper reading habbits of the students of different faculties of university of Peshawar have been studied, in which a sample size of about 100 students have been used. This study demonstarates that majority of the students read Urdu Newspapers, like Daily Mashriq, Ajj, Express and Jang. While, some also read English Newspapers as well , like Daily Dawn and The Frontier Post etc. Moreover, the research reveals that ; political section of the newspaper is the most preffered section for the students. It, also highlights that, majority portion of the respondents prefer home to read a newspaper, while some prefer to read online newspapers in the hostel or department library.

Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Study: Assessing Reading Habits of University Students in Bangladesh

The world has been shaken and normalcy has been stifled due to Covid-19 pandemic leading the affected people to adapt to, adopt new ways of life and reconstitute habit inviting activities other than those previously practiced. Reading habits of university students have been affected adversely by the unprecedented pandemic. While the students, during this period being distanced from the regular academic environment, have opted for alternative engagements, the time for reading and number of books covered have dwindled remarkably. This article examined the changed dynamics of both academic and nonacademic reading habits of the students at public and private universities in Bangladesh. Data were collected from 700 students through a questionnaire using Google form. The results show that reading habits have been adversely affected during this pandemic as 44.6% students read books only 1-2 hours whereas 57.4% of them spend 5-6 hours using electronic devices for multiple purposes mostly other than reading. This study recommends developing a strategy by the concerned authority starting from the state level to institutions to attract the learners and facilitate learning online with a rich and reliable reservatory of study materials with easy accessibility.

Finding Comfort: A Study of Reading Habits among Malaysian University Students During Covid-19 Pandemic

This paper is prepared to examine the leisure reading habits of university students in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we know, due to the pandemic, the Malaysian government has imposed a series of mandatory lockdown. In higher institutions, classes are carried out using online platforms instead of the traditional learning in the classroom since April 2020. Online courses have changed the learning pattern not only in Malaysia but around the world. University students are now required to adapt to the new normal of learning. This has affected how they spend time between following their online classes and doing their assignments in the confinement of their homes or university residences. According to Association of American Publishers, book sales are up again. Due to this new normal of limiting physical human interaction and spending their time at home or university residency, students turn to reading again to find comfort to handle the accumulated stress during this pandemic. The method of turning to books in times of burden and difficulty is called bibliotherapy. Bibliotherapy is still not widely known in Malaysia. This paper explains how leisure reading habits can help students to calm down from the anxiety of limiting physical human connection and the stress of spending almost most of their time following the new normal of learning. The writing method for this paper is in the form of quantitative analysis based on the survey conducted on 100 university students throughout Malaysia. This paper highlights literature reviews relating to the reading habits, reading preferences amongst university students in Malaysia and how this is related to bibliotherapy. Therefore, this study concludes that most respondents spend time reading for leisure purposes during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Malaysia and it has helped them cope with the pandemic.

A Case Study on reading habits of University students

Learning through reading is the fundamental process. A case study was conducted on the students of UAF Sub-Campus Toba Tek Singh to examine the reading habits and academic performance. All the students of this campus are considered for the population of the study. The data was collected through an interview and focus group discussion from the sample (N=200) and quantitatively analyzed with the statistical approach such as, Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SSPS). The study revealed that the only 22.0% students read the relevant syllabus books and 17.5% students read the outside the syllabus books, while the vast majority 78.0% and 82.5% didn’t read syllabus and outside syllabus books respectively. They found that the positive association exists between the reading habit of students and academic performance. It is recommended that the students should be encouraged by the parents and teachers to increase reading habits and provide easy access to books.

Examining the Reading Habits of University Students: A Study of Students at the Katima Mulilo Campus of the University of Namibia

Examining the Reading Habits of University Students: A Study of Students at the Katima Mulilo Campus of the University of Namibia

A structural analysis of ICT-based intervention on reading habits in Uganda

Information and communication technologies have opened up new opportunities for cultivating a reading culture, where people go beyond instrumental to leisure reading, in developing countries. But the research on information and communication technology (ICT) and reading has been conducted mainly in western countries. This paper explores the potential of ICT-based interventions for fostering a reading habit among university students in Uganda. A cross-sectional survey design was employed and data were collected using a self-designed instrument from eight universities in Uganda. Structural equation analysis using Partial Least Squares was used for statistical analysis of the data. Major findings from 337 valid responses indicate that ICT usage, home culture, school culture, and disposable income significantly impact the reading habits of university students in Uganda.

An Analysis on the Reading Habits of University Students Studying Physical Education and Sports Training

The aim of this research is to analyze the reading habits of students studying physical education and sports trainingwith respect to certain variables. A total of 324 first-year students (125 females, 199 males) voluntarily participatedin the research from physical education and sports training departments of Sinop University, Kafkas University, andOndokuz Mays University. A questionnaire consisting of two parts was used as the data collection tool in theresearch. The personal information form was used in the first part and the "Reading Habit Attitude Scale" developedby Gömleksiz (2004) was used in the second part. Shapiro Wilk and Levene tests were employed to determinewhether the data exhibited a normal distribution in the analysis. The data exhibiting a normal distribution wereanalyzed with the help of t-test and One-Way ANOVA. In multiple comparisons, the Tukey HSD test was used todetermine the groups causing the difference. According to the results of the research, a significant difference wasfound in favor of women in the age variable of sub-dimensions of "love, habit, will, effect and benefit"; in the gendervariable; in favor of ages 18-20-21-22 in sub-dimension of "necessity"; in favor of primary and secondary schoolgraduates in sub-dimensions of "habit, necessity and will" in the father's educational background variable; in favor ofthe average value above 1.5 in sub-dimension of "love" and in favor of average grades between 1.0-2.5 insub-dimension of "benefit" in the academic grade averages variable (p <0.05). No significant difference was foundwith respect to the variables of the department and mother's education background (p> 0.05).It was revealed that among the university students studying physical education and sports training, female studentsread more than the male students and those whose father was a primary or secondary school graduate were morewilling to read and they regarded this habit as a necessity.

READING HABITS IN DIGITAL ERA: A RESEARCH ON THE STUDENTS IN BORNEO UNIVERSITY

This research aims to explore the current reading habits of university students. Moreover, it aims to determine the effects of widespread use of the internet and other digital resources in reading habits and to give some possible recommendation to improve students reading habits in the digital era. The research design was descriptive survey research. The instrument of the research was questionnaire, which is based on Akarsu and Dariyemez (2014) and Chauhan and Lal (2012). The participants of the research were 320 students studying in six majors in Faculty of Teachers Training and Education at Borneo University. They were selected through the cluster random sampling. The questionnaire involved six categories, namely demographic information, frequency of items read, contents of online reading, online activities, content first clicked when online, and techniques to develop reading habits. All research data was analyzed using SPSS Statistics 22 program.DOI: doi.org/10.24071/llt.2017.200209

READING HABITS IN DIGITAL ERA: A RESEARCH ON THE STUDENTS IN BORNEO UNIVERSITY

This research aims to explore the current reading habits of university students. Moreover, it aims to determine the effects of widespread use of the internet and other digital resources in reading habits and to give some possible recommendation to improve students reading habits in the digital era. The research design was descriptive survey research. The instrument of the research was questionnaire, which is based on Akarsu and Dariyemez (2014) and Chauhan and Lal (2012). The participants of the research were 320 students studying in six majors in Faculty of Teachers Training and Education at Borneo University. They were selected through the cluster random sampling. The questionnaire involved six categories, namely demographic information, frequency of items read, contents of online reading, online activities, content first clicked when online, and techniques to develop reading habits. All research data was analyzed using SPSS Statistics 22 program.

Hábitos de lectura y afinidad tecnológica de los estudiantes universitarios: estudio comparativo de cinco universidades de habla hispana

Se realizó un estudio con grupos de estudiantes en cinco instituciones de educación superior nacionales y extranjeras, tres mexicanas (Universidad de Sonora, Universidad Veracruzana, Universidad Estatal de Sonora) una española (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) y una más argentina (Universidad Nacional de Jujuy), donde participó un total de 261 estudiantes de dos campos disciplinares: humanidades y económico-administrativo. La recolección de datos se llevó a cabo entre los meses de febrero a mayo del 2016, siendo la encuesta “La alfabetización informacional para la mejora del desarrollo académico de los estudiantes universitarios” el instrumento utilizado. En la encuesta se indagaron cuestiones de acceso y utilización de herramientas digitales así como de prácticas, usos y costumbres alrededor de la lectura con el fin de establecer una posible relación entre la afinidad tecnológica de los universitarios y sus hábitos de lectura. Así como también para conocer cuáles son los soportes y medios preferidos para leer y saber si aspectos como la ubicación geográfica, sexo o disciplina del estudiante influye en esta preferencia. De acuerdo con los resultados revisados, no fue posible establecer una relación directa y positiva entre las habilidades en el manejo de las TIC y los hábitos lectores de los estudiantes universitarios, independientemente de la disciplina académica, el país o el género. Sin embargo, se observó que aun cuando los estudiantes no tienen un nivel óptimo de habilidades tienden a leer más en medios digitales.

A Research on Reading Habits of University Students: (Sample of Ankara University and Erciyes University)

The activity of reading of an individual, which commences together with the beginning of school age and continues throughout their lifetime, is also the basic tool of learning. After acquiring basic skills pertaining to reading, ensuring that these skills are permanent, sustained throughout life, and transition to functional and critical literacy is closely related to the reading habit of the individual. In individualistic terms, the habit of reading is also one of the most important foundations of a robust and developed personality. In the world of today where knowledge is increasing rapidly and science and technology impose constant changes to human life, it is observed that humans constantly need to improve themselves in both their professional and social lives. In occupational and career development after formal education, especially for the purpose of being able to adapt to change, education and lifelong learning has become a necessity. University students are groups that are expected to have a high level of reading habit, which is among the individual and social development criteria. Thus, the determination of reading habits of university students is considered important in both areas they need and in their self developments throughout their lives.This study has the objective of determining the reading habits of students studying at the Ankara University Department of Primary Education and Erciyes University History Department. To that end, data of questionnaires applied to a total of 326 students consisting of 225 students from Ankara University and 101 students from Erciyes University have been analyzed and the results have been presented in the form of tables.According to the data obtained in the study, it has been determined that students at Ankara University and Erciyes University read novels, newspapers and magazines in their spare time, they enjoy reading literary works, historic, romantic, entertaining-humorous, and psychological genres the most, and they could not spare much time for reading books due to the intensity of lessons, busy social life, preparation for examinations and spending time on the computer/internet.

The reading habits of university students studying English language and literature in the digital age

The aim of this study is to explore the current reading habits and attitudes of university students studying English Language and Literature at Ataturk University. Moreover, it aims to determine the changes in reading patterns due to the widespread use of the internet and the use of alternative reading resources notably using hypertexts and multimedia resources. The medium from which people read has gained diversity as a result of the advances in technology. In addition to traditional reading patterns such as reading from paperback books, reading from electronic devices such as e-book readers, tablet computers, computers and mobile phones have become widespread. In order to have a broad overview of the current reading habits among university students, a questionnaire was conducted. Conducting research to gain a broad overview of the reading habits of learners, the researcher can make suggestions to foster reading habits among university students in the constantly technology dominated world of today.

A Study on Reading Habits of Users in Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Reading Habit has been a subject of investigation in Librarianship, Journalism, Education, Psychology, Literature and history. Specifically reading habit refers to the settled tendency or practice of people to voluntarily seek reading material and devote time to reading. This article attempts to investigate into the reading habits of university students by studying about their use of university library. Questionnaire is used to investigate the participant’s general attitudes towards reading and their reading preferences. The gathered data highlighted what motivates students when they read for leisure and their preferred language of reading materials.

Eğitim Fakültesi Öğrencilerinin Kitap Okuma Alışkanlıkları Üzerine Betimsel Bir Araştırma: Dicle Üniversitesi Örneği

Türkiye’de okuma alışkanlığı konusunda günümüze kadar yapılan çalışmaların neredeyse tamamında toplumun okuma ve kütüphane kullanımı alışkanlıkları oldukça zayıf görünmektedir. Yaşanan bu genel durumun üniversite öğrencileri üzerinde de benzer görünüme sahip olduğu görüşünden hareketle, bu araştırma ülkemizde üniversite öğrencilerinin kitap okuma alışkanlıklarının belirlenmesi açısından büyük önem taşımaktadır. Çalışma grubunda yer alan eğitim fakültesi öğrencilerinin kitap okumaya yönelik görüşlerinin irdelendiği bu çalışmada amaç, öğrencilerin okuma alışkanlığını ve bu alışkanlığın içeriğini betimlemeye çalışmaktır. Araştırma 2011-2012 eğitim-öğretim yılı bahar yarıyılında Dicle Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi’nde öğrenim gören 220 öğrenciye uygulanmıştır. Araştırmanın sonucunda öğretmen adaylarının yarısından fazlasının kitap okumayı sevdiği, kitapları temin ederken satın aldıkları veya arkadaşlarından ödünç aldıkları ve kitap okuma tercihlerinin macera türünde olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bunun yanında öğrencilerin önemli bir kısmı okumamalarını ders yoğunluğuna dayalı nedenlerle açıkladıkları görülmüştür. Kitap okuma sevgisini aşılamadaki en büyük etken olarak kişinin kendisi olduğu ve anne-babanın etkili olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır.

Reflections on the Future Trends in the Reading Habits of University Students

Reflections on the Future Trends in the Reading Habits of University Students

Note on the Periodical Reading Habits of University Students

Note on the Periodical Reading Habits of University Students