Fairy tales dominated the reading choices of girls aged six to eight but dwindled sharply with age, while girls' series books peaked between eleven and sixteen¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? From ages eleven to sixteen, girls' series books occupied one-third or more of total reading selections, dropping to a small proportion in the oldest group. → Wheeler 1920

Evidence¶

Wheeler 1920¶

Wheeler, T. (1920). A Study of Certain Recreational Reading and Vocational Phases in the Lives of Young Girls. The Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. XI, No. 9. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0064614

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Descriptive analysis of book choices across age groups in the same survey. Girls' series occupied "one-third or more the total selection" from ages eleven to sixteen, with only a small proportion in the oldest group naming them. No effect size is reported.

"From the ages of eleven to sixteen years, girls' series occupy one-third or more the total selection while in the last group of girls only a small proportion name these books."

Discussion¶

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