Suitable measurement instruments for questionnaire research between children respondents

Abstract

Reading is perceived to be one of the essential competencies for current age, regarding phenomena of globalization, informatization, knowledge-based society or life-long development of people. Attitudes toward reading are shaped in early childhood. It seems to be crucial to explore effectively children´s attitudes toward reading, using suitable instruments and design them according to children´s age and level of maturity. Using customized designs of research instruments, it is possible to obtain relevant information and accordingly build effective strategies in education. Presented article deals with these issues and is based upon case study of particular questionnaire survey between early readers.