Dimensions of Children's Motivation for Reading and Their Relations to Reading Activity and Reading Achievement.

Baker, Linda; Wigfield, Allan

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ERIC Number: EJ596949

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Dimensions of Children's Motivation for Reading and Their Relations to Reading Activity and Reading Achievement.

Baker, Linda; Wigfield, Allan

Reading Research Quarterly, v34 n4 p452-77 Oct-Dec 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 practice. (SC)

Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Grade 5, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Reading Achievement, Reading Motivation, Reading Research, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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