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Guthrie, John T.; McRae, Angela; Coddington, Cassandra S.; Klauda, Susan Lutz; Wigfield, Allan; Barbosa, Pedro – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
Low-achieving readers in Grade 5 often lack comprehension strategies, domain knowledge, word recognition skills, fluency, and motivation to read. Students with such multiple reading needs seem likely to benefit from instruction that supports each of these reading processes. The authors tested this expectation experimentally by comparing the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Low Achievement, Reading Tests, Reading Processes
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Guthrie, John T.; Hoa, A. Laurel W.; Wigfield, Allan; Tonks, Stephen M.; Humenick, Nicole M.; Littles, Erin – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2007
Reading motivation has been viewed as a multifaceted construct with multiple constituents. Our investigation of motivational multiplicity expanded on previous literature by including motivation constructs (interest, perceived control, collaboration, involvement, and efficacy), text genres, specific versus general contexts, and the self-versus…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Motivation, Elementary School Students, Pretests Posttests