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Direct linkMalloy, Jacquelynn A.; Parsons, Allison Ward; Marinak, Barbara A.; Applegate, Anthony J.; Applegate, Mary DeKonty; Reutzel, D. Ray; Parsons, Seth A.; Fawson, Parker C.; Roberts, Leslie D.; Gambrell, Linda B. – Reading Teacher, 2017
Literacy educators, spurred by curricular standards requiring increased attention to reading nonfiction, are compelled to consider text-specific reading instruction. As research supports the connection between motivation and reading achievement, these mandates beg the question, "Are children equally motivated to read fiction and…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Fiction, Nonfiction, Measures (Individuals)
Malloy, Jacquelynn A.; Marinak, Barbara A.; Gambrell, Linda B.; Mazzoni, Susan A. – Reading Teacher, 2014
For most classroom teachers, recognizing when students are engaged in literacy activities--and perhaps more glaringly, when they are not--is a process that is key to evaluating the potential success of the instruction being offered. Students who are engaged have their eyes on what they are doing, are ardently attending to the teacher's read aloud…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Instruction, Literacy Education, Student Motivation
Marinak, Barbara A.; Malloy, Jacquelynn B.; Gambrell, Linda B.; Mazzoni, Susan A. – Reading Teacher, 2015
Research indicates that motivation plays a central role in literacy development. Recent investigations have revealed that reading motivation begins to erode as early as second grade. Therefore, it can be suggested that motivation must be carefully considered during early literacy instruction. However, such motivating instruction can be effectively…
Descriptors: Profiles, Reading Motivation, Emergent Literacy, Motivation Techniques
Marinak, Barbara A. – Journal of Educational Research, 2013
In an attempt to more clearly understand the erosion of engagement in some readers, a number of researchers (J. Brophy, 2008; J. Guthrie, 2010; K. Mohr, 2006) and organizations (Education Alliance, 2010) have called for the investigation of strategies to improve elementary reading motivation. Consequently this mixed-methods investigation focused…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Action Research, Intervention, Reading Instruction
Marinak, Barbara A.; Gambrell, Linda B. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2010
In an attempt to more clearly understand the erosion of motivation in some readers, a number of researchers (Mohr, 2006; Smith & Wilhelm, 2002) and organizations (The Education Alliance, 2007) have called for the investigation of gender differences in all readers, including young children. Consequently, this study focused on younger, average…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Reading Motivation, Reading Ability
Marinak, Barbara A.; Gambrell, Linda B. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2008
This study investigated the effects of reward proximity and choice of reward on the reading motivation of third-grade students as measured by indicators of task persistence. The major finding from this study was that students who were given a book as a reward and students who received no reward were more motivated to engage in subsequent reading…
Descriptors: Proximity, Persistence, Reading Motivation, Rewards
