How Turkish Pre-Service Teachers Perceive Good Reader

Abstract

The aim of this research was to explore how Turkish pre-service teachers perceived good reader. With this aim, the study used cross-sectional survey design and the study sample consisted of total 128 pre-service teachers majoring social studies, science, elementary classroom, and Turkish language arts teaching from a public university in Turkey's Kirsehir province. The informed consent letters obtained from all the subjects before the study began. For collecting the data, an inventory was used. The inventory was administered to all the subjects. The data obtained from the process were analyzed and the findings were presented in respond to research aims. According to these results, the conclusions were drawn and some recommendations fitted with the results and conclusions were made for future research. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.<bold> </bold>