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Peer reviewedSweet, Anne P.; Guthrie, John T.; Ng, Mary M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1998
Elementary school teachers (n=68) rated 374 students on aspects of motivation for reading. Qualitative and quantitative results show that teachers perceive higher achievers to be relatively higher in intrinsic reading motivation (individual and topical) than in extrinsic reading motivation (activity-based and autonomy-supported), with lower…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, High Achievement
Download full textSweet, 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
