Table 3 Mean percent of kinds of materials read by Indian ( N = 313) and U.S. ( N = 410) engineering students

Indian Students

5.33

4.44

13.10

52.72

6.22

3.98

3.55

4.55

5.33

0.78

100.00

U.S. Students^a

6.33

1.04

3.92

61.69

1.94

1.56

2.56

1.27

3.46

15.93

100.00

MEAN

5.83

2.74

8.51

57.21

4.08

2.77

3.06

2.91

4.40

8.36

100.00

z-test^b

0.41

n.a.^c

4.36***

2.35*

2.82*

1.72

0.56

2.51*

1.00

n.a.

Mean Percent of Purposes for Reading

Answer Question Set/Homework

Exam/Quiz

Essay/Paper

Preview/Review (Before or after class)

Lab

Expand Knowledge (Beyond what was presented in class)

Applications of what was presented in class.

Pragmatic (to some academic end, e.g. raise GPA)

Fun/Pleasure Current Events/Curiosity

Presentation/Project

SUM

Indian Students

7.66

33.30

0.44

13.54

2.44

8.44

0.22

6.88

18.42

8.66

100.00

U.S. Students

31.94

22.64

2.37

6.46

0

23.24

0.76

4.37

4.79

3.43

100.00

MEAN

19.80

27.97

1.41

10.00

1.22

15.84

0.49

5.63

11.61

6.05

100.00

z-test

7.80***

2.91**

n.a.

3.23**

n.a.

5.13***

n.a.

1.29

5.61***

2.89**