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Stutz, Franziska; Schaffner, Ellen; Schiefele, Ulrich – Journal of Research in Reading, 2017
In order to initiate more research on the role of reading motivation during the initial stages of learning to comprehend texts, we developed the "Reading Motivation Questionnaire for Elementary Students" (RMQ-E). The sample comprised 1497 elementary students in Grades 1-3. By means of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, three…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Reading Motivation, Elementary School Students, Test Validity
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Schiefele, Ulrich; Schaffner, Ellen – Reading Research Quarterly, 2016
Reading motivation has been defined consistently as a multidimensional construct. However, there is some disagreement regarding the number and nature of the dimensions of reading motivation. In particular, there is a lack of studies investigating the dimensional structure and measurement invariance (e.g., across gender) of reading motivation…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Questionnaires, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Schiefele, Ulrich; Schaffner, Ellen; Moller, Jens; Wigfield, Allan – Reading Research Quarterly, 2012
This review of research examines the constructs of reading motivation and synthesizes research findings of the past 20 years on the relationship between reading motivation and reading behavior (amount, strategies, and preferences), and the relationship between reading motivation and reading competence (reading skills and comprehension). In…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Qualitative Research, Reading Motivation, Literature Reviews