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.
Data - Population
You will find the data under "First International Science Study 1970", please use the FireFox-browser to download them.
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)
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.