Books That Make the Difference: What College Students Told Me

In an effort to demonstrate the influence of reading, a reading and skills improvement instructor asked college students what book made the greatest difference in their lives and what that difference was. The instructor polled 120 students and listed 20 of those responses and their emotional reactio...

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Published inForum for Reading Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 25 - 31
Main Author Ashmore, Rhea
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1987
Subjects
College Students
Higher Education
Reading Materials
Reading Research
Recreational Reading
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Summary:In an effort to demonstrate the influence of reading, a reading and skills improvement instructor asked college students what book made the greatest difference in their lives and what that difference was. The instructor polled 120 students and listed 20 of those responses and their emotional reactions. Book titles ranged from "The Bible" and "A Tale of Two Cities" to "Jonathan Livingston Seagull." (MS)
Bibliography:"Forum for Reading" is the journal of the College Reading Improvement Special Interest Group of the College Reading Association.