Children's Motivations for Reading (National Reading Research Center).

Wigfield, Allan; McCann, Ann Dacey

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Publication Date: 1997

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Children's Motivations for Reading (National Reading Research Center).

Wigfield, Allan; McCann, Ann Dacey

Reading Teacher, v50 n4 p360-62 Dec-Jan 1996-97

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, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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