Attitudes towards reading and writing

The goal of this study was the exploration of the attitudes of students towards reading and writing. 353 students attending 2nd through 6th grade in 3 elemen­tary schools participated in the study. The attitudes of the students were evalu­ated through a Likert scale of 16 sentences. The analysis of the data revealed that the students have more positive attitudes towards reading than towards writing, and that girls hold significantly more positive attitudes than boys. Students' attitude differs depending on the area they come from, but appears to become generally less positive as they grow up