College students’ motivations and behaviors for extracurricular reading in a university of central Taiwan

• Main Authors: Tzu-En Huang, 黃子恩
• Other Authors: Chu-Hsun Kuo
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24096252698085899559

碩士 === 明道大學 === 課程與教學研究所 === 98 === This study aimed to investigate the extracurricular reading motivations and behaviors of college students. A questionnaire survey was employed as the major research method. Some 579 college students in a university of central Taiwan during the 2010 academic year were selected as the study subject by using stratified random sampling technique. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 14.0 for windows, including descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Chi-square test, and Pearson correlation analysis methods. The major findings of this study are as follows: 1.The current status of extracurricular reading motivations is at the medium level. 2.Internet is the most popular information source for the college students’ extracurricular reading, and the major category of reading is “leisure life.” 3.The college students’ extracurricular reading frequency is high, but their average reading time is insufficient. 4.There exists a significant difference in reading motivations associated with students’ background variables. Female students have higher reading motivations than male students. In terms of “social interaction,” management school students have higher reading motivation level than those of design school. In terms of “interests and preferences,” sophomore students have higher reading motivation level than junior students. However, there exists no significant difference in reading motivations across different departments or among students with different working experiences. 5.There exists no significant difference in reading behaviors associated with students’ background variables. 6.There exists a positive correlation between reading behaviors (reading frequency, average reading time) and reading motivations. Based on the above findings, several suggestions are made to facilitate the educational administrators to promote reading activities for the college students.