Rhody Secondary Reading Attitude Assessment

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Directions: This is a tool to tell how you feel about reading. The score will not affect your grade in any way. You read the statements silently as I read them aloud. Then put an "X" in the box next to the letter that represents how you feel about that statement.

1. You feel you have better things to do than read.
2. You seldom buy a book.
3. You are willing to tell people that you do not like to read.
4. You have a lot of books in your room at home.
5. You like to read a book whenever you have free time.
6. You get really excited about books you have read.
7. You love to read.
8. You like to read books by well-known authors.
9. You never check out a book from the library.
10. You like to stay at home and read.
11. You seldom read except when you have to do a book report.
12. You think reading is a waste of time.
13. You think reading is boring.
14. You think people are strange when they read a lot.
15. You like to read to escape from problems.
16. You make fun of people who read a lot.
17. You like to share books with your friends.
18. You would rather someone just tell you information so you won't have to read to get it.
19. You hate reading.
20. You generally check out a book when you go to the library.
21. It takes you a long time to read a book.
22. You like to broaden your interests through reading.
23. You read a lot.
24. You like to improve your vocabulary so you can use more words.
25. You like to get books for gifts.


Grand Total:

Source: Tullock-Rhody R. & Alexander, J.E. (1980). A scale for assessing attitudes toward reading in secondary schools. Journal of Reading, 23 (2), 609-614. © 1980 International Reading Association.











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Positive Items/ Points

Question 4

Question 5

Question 6

Question 7

Question 8

Question 10

Question 15

Question 17

Question 20

Question 22

Question 23

Question 24

Question 25

Total
Negative Items/ Points

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 9

Question 11

Question 12

Question 13

Question 14

Question 16

Question 18

Question 19

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Academic Reading

Column 1A

School-related (S)
11. /5
18. /5

Total School-related

Library (L)
9. /5
20. /5

Total Library

Total Academic Reading

Column 2A





/10





/10

/20

Column 3A














%

Non-Academic Reading

Column 1B

Home (H)
4. /5
10. /5

Total Home

Other Recreational (OR)
5. /5
17. /5
22. /5
24. /5
25. /5

Total Recreational

Total Non-Academic Reading

Column 2B





/10









/25

/35

Column 3B

















%