نيازهاي مطالعاتي دانش آموزان دوره متوسطه كشور درباره كتاب هاي غيردرسي

The Secondary School Studentsʹ Needs to NonAcademic Reading Materials

The purpose of the present research was investigating the secondary school studentsʹ needs to non-academic reading materials. Data was gathered by survey method using questionnaire and interview. The sample was consisted of 6068 boys and girls who were selected via cluster sampling among high school students ofthe whole country. After gathering and analyzing the data, the following results were obtained: 1-The percentage ofstudents who had read I non-academic book during the previous year was fewer than that of students who had not read nonacademic books. 2- The highest priority of studentsʹ reading material was books on boys and girlsʹ relationship, and the lowest priority of them was books on economic field. 3- There was a significant difference among girlsʹ needs towards reading materials at different grades except for religious, technological, historical and occupational information. 4- There was a significant difference among boysʹ needs towards reading materials at differentgrades,except for physical health and social information.