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Lee, Yongjun; Jang, Bong Gee; Conradi Smith, Kristin – Reading Psychology, 2021
Motivation and engagement play a crucial role in literacy development and achievement. However, the construct of reading engagement has become blurred and ambiguous, both in research and in discussions of practice. In order to guide future research and to extend our existing understanding of reading engagement into classroom practice, this study…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Reading Motivation, Reading Habits, Learner Engagement
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Lau, Kit-Ling – Journal of Research in Reading, 2009
This study examined the relations between students' reading motivation, perceptions of reading instruction and reading amount, together with grade differences, in a Chinese educational context. A total of 1,146 students from 19 secondary schools in Hong Kong voluntarily responded to a questionnaire that measured these three sets of variables. The…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Reading Motivation, Foreign Countries
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Lau, Kit-Ling – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
Background: Most previous studies in Western societies have demonstrated a general decline in school motivation. However, it is not clear whether motivational decline occurs uniformly for all students. The moderating effects of individual and cultural differences on students' motivational decline need to be further explored. Aims: This study aimed…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Incentives, Achievement, Factor Structure