Attitudes of the Secondary School Students towards non-Curricular Reading in Light of some Variables in the State of Kuwait

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the attitudes of secondary school students in the State of Kuwait towards extracurricular reading in the light of some variables. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the descriptive analytical approach. Al-Farwaniyah in the State of Kuwait, they were selected using a stratified random sample method, and the study found that the negative attitudes towards extracurricular reading have outweighed the positive trends, as it became clear from the results of the study that 43.8% of the respondents had negative attitudes towards reading, and 27.6% of its members did not. They have a specific attitude, and those who had a positive attitude towards reading amounted to only 28.6% of the sample, and the study also found that there were statistically significant differences according to the gender variable and it was in favor of females, and according to the educational stage variable it was in favor of the tenth stage students, and in the achievement variable The scientific result was for high achievers, while there were no statistically significant differences attributed to the academic specialization variable.