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Study of Literature Education 1970

The Study of Literature Education is a part of the Six Subject Survey 1970. The major objective of the study was to assess the influence of schools and teachers of literature on the achievements of their students. The test included measures of the literary response to specific literary texts and literary comprehension. Attitudes towards and interests in literature were also investigated. The data were collected in 1970–1971.

Target Population

This was 14-year-old students and students in the final grade of the secondary school.

Participating Educational Systems

Belgium (Flemish), Belgium (French), Chile, England, Finland, Iran, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, United States. Please note that most but not all countries participated in all studies.
Link to IEA website

Data - Additional codebooks

Complete codebook on Six Subject Survey main page.

Codebook population 1 stage 2 with notes. Literature Education (pdf)

Data - Population

All countries

Australia

Data from Australia. Population 4 (SPSS-files in zip archive)

Belgium, Flemish

Belgium, French

Chile

England - Wales

Federal Republic Germany (FRG)

Finland

France

Data from France. Population 4 (SPSS-files in zip archive)

Hungary

India

Iran

Israel

Italy

Japan

Netherlands

Scotland

Sweden

Thailand

USA

Instruments

Literature Education

Student questionnaire. Literature education. Population 2 and 4. Booklet 8. Section X, Y and Z (pdf 11 MB)

Student questionnaire. Literature education. Population 2 and 4. Booklet 8. Section X, Y and Z. Swedish version (pdf 15 MB)

Student questionnaire. Literature education. Population 2 and 4. Standard questionnaire. Section Q (pdf)

Literature Attitude - Section W, Q and R

Student questionnaire. Literature attitude. Population 2 and 4. Booklet 9. Section W, Q and R (pdf 3 MB)

Student questionnaire. Literature attitude. Population 2 and 4. Booklet 9. Section W, Q and R. Swedish version (pdf 4 MB)

Scoring Keys

Scoring keys. Population 2 and 4. Section W, X, Y and Z (pdf 1 MB)

Teacher

Teacher Questionnaire for Reading Comprehension and Literature - International (pdf)

Publications

International

Purves, A. C. (1973). Literature education in ten countries II: an empirical study.

Thorndike, R.L. (1973). Reading Comprehension Education in Fifteen Countries III: An Empirical Study.

Swedish

Hansson, G. (1975). Svensk skola i interationell belysning II. Läsning och litteratur.

Six Subjects Survey

Studies before 1995

Last modified

17 June 2021