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The Nature of Children's Motivations for Reading, and Their Relations to Reading Frequency and Reading Performance. Reading Research Report No. 63.
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Wigfield, Allan; And Others – 1996
A study assessed dimensions of children's reading motivations by giving them a revised version of the Motivations for Reading Questionnaire (MRQ). The MRQ is designed to assess 11 possible dimensions of reading motivations, including reading efficacy, several intrinsic and several extrinsic reading motivations, social aspects of reading, and the…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Reading Achievement
Dimensions of Children's Motivation for Reading and Their Relations to Reading Activity and Reading Achievement.
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Baker, Linda; Wigfield, Allan – Reading Research Quarterly, 1999
Examines how dimensions of reading motivation related to students' reading activity and achievement. Finds that the strength of the relations between reading motivation and reading achievement was greater for girls and for white students. Demonstrates that reading motivation is multidimensional and should be regarded as such in research and in…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Grade 5, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades