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Download full textGuthrie, John T.; And Others – 1996
This report describes a study that examined changes in literacy engagement during one year of Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI), a new approach to teaching reading, writing, and science. Literacy engagement was defined as the integration of intrinsic motivations, cognitive strategies, and conceptual learning from text. To promote…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedWigfield, Allan; Guthrie, John T. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1997
Aspects of reading motivation and the amount and breadth of reading done were studied with 105 fourth and fifth graders. Children's reading was found to be multidimensional, and their motivation predicted reading amount and breadth even when previous amount and breadth were controlled. Intrinsic motivation was a better predictor than extrinsic…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedNg, Mary M.; Guthrie, John T.; Van Meter, Peggy; McCann, Ann; Alao, Solomon – Reading Psychology, 1998
Examines students' motivations for participating in literacy tasks. Finds that grade five students responded positively when the context was perceived as autonomy supportive, and grade three students reported more intrinsic motivations when they perceived the context to be socially supportive than nonsocial contexts. (CR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Sweet, Anne P.; Guthrie, John T. – 1994
An exploratory study examined teachers' perceptions of students' motivation to read and the relationship between those perceptions and students' reading achievement. Focus groups of third- and fifth-grade teachers were convened and given an initial questionnaire. A second questionnaire based on those findings was developed and field-tested with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Focus Groups, Grade 3
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1996
Describes changes in literacy engagement during Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI), a new approach to teaching reading, writing, and science that emphasizes real-world science observations, student self-direction, strategy instruction, collaborative learning, self-expression, and coherence of literacy learning experiences. Finds that…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5
Peer reviewedAlao, Solomon; Guthrie, John T. – Journal of Educational Research, 1999
Examined the relationship between prior knowledge, learning-strategy use, interest, learning goals, and conceptual understanding among fifth-grade science students. Results of student knowledge tests and a self-report measure of learning goals, interest, and strategy use indicated that the study variables were positively related to each other and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students
