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Children's Motivations for Reading (National Reading Research Center).
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Wigfield, Allan; McCann, Ann Dacey – Reading Teacher, 1997
Discusses recent work on the nature of children's motivations for reading, in particular a reading-specific measure of motivation called the Motivations for Reading Questionnaire. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Attitudes, Reading Motivation, Reading Research
A Questionnaire Measure of Children's Motivations for Reading. Instructional Resource No. 22.
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Wigfield, Allan; And Others – 1996
This paper describes the Motivations for Reading Questionnaire (MRQ), including information on how the MRQ can be used and how to administer and score it. The MRQ assesses 11 possible dimensions of reading motivations. It can be used with children in late elementary school and middle school. Scores on the MRQ have been shown to relate to…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools