Abstract
Reading Skills Articles on Gender Variable
The purpose of this study is to discover if there are various differences between boys and girls in respect to reading skill as well as reasons for them based on the articles published in Turkey. The study has indicated various results in favor of the girls mainly in regard to various aspects of reading skill such as comprehension. It has been discovered in this study that several studies concluding differences related to sex variable do not explain the reasons for the situation in favor of girls or boys or they only refer to similar studies related to reading skill. In the study, it has also been concluded that the reason behind more positive attitude of girls towards reading in some articles is because they spend more time at home than the boys. Various suggestions have been made at the end of the study.
Keywords
Reading skill, gender