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Melekoglu, Macid A.; Wilkerson, Kimber L. – International Journal of Instruction, 2013
Lack of reading motivation impedes upper elementary and secondary school students' willingness to improve critical reading skills and strategies to be successful in school. Struggling readers often show a negative attitude towards reading tasks and manifest low motivation to read. Although the importance of motivation is clear, there is limited…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Reading Difficulties
Melekoglu, Macid A.; Wilkerson, Kimber L. – Online Submission, 2013
Lack of reading motivation impedes upper elementary and secondary school students' willingness to improve critical reading skills and strategies to be successful in school. Struggling readers often show a negative attitude towards reading tasks and manifest low motivation to read. Although the importance of motivation is clear, there is limited…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Reading Difficulties
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Melekoglu, Macid A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2011
This study was an investigation of the impact of motivation to read on reading gains of struggling readers with and without specific learning disabilities (LD) who were exposed to a structured, research-based daily reading program over an 18-week period. Participants included 13 students with LD and 25 students without disabilities from two middle…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Middle School Students, High School Students, Surveys
Melekoglu, Macid A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigated the impact of motivation to read on the reading gains of struggling adolescent readers with and without specific learning disabilities (LD) who were exposed to a structured, research-based reading program over an 18-week period. Participants included 13 adolescents with LD and 25 students without disabilities from two…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains, Adolescents