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Direct linkSchaffner, Ellen; Philipp, Maik; Schiefele, Ulrich – Journal of Research in Reading, 2016
Previous research has demonstrated positive relations between intrinsic reading motivation and reading competence. However, the causal direction of these relations and the moderating role of relevant background variables (e.g., students' achievement level) are not well understood. In the present study, a cross-lagged panel model was applied to…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Correlation, Reading Skills, Reading Achievement
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
Schaffner, Ellen; Schiefele, Ulrich – Reading Psychology, 2016
This study addressed the role of reading motivation as a potential determinant of losses or gains in reading competence over six weeks of summer vacation (SV). Based on a sample of 223 third-grade elementary students, structural equation analyses showed that intrinsic reading motivation before SV contributed positively to both word and sentence…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Role
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
Schaffner, Ellen; Schiefele, Ulrich; Ulferts, Hannah – Reading Research Quarterly, 2013
This study examined the role of reading amount as a mediator of the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic reading motivation on higher order reading comprehension (comprised of paragraph-and passage-level comprehension) in a sample of 159 fifth-grade elementary students. A positive association between intrinsic reading motivation and reading amount…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Incentives, Reading Comprehension, Grade 5
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
