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Springer, Sheree E.; Harris, Samantha; Dole, Janice A. – Reading Teacher, 2017
In an educational climate in which many teachers may feel the tension between achieving grade-level literacy standards and creating lifelong readers, interest can be a powerful mediator that impacts students' cognitive and affective experiences with reading. This practical article presents four research-based principles of reading…
Descriptors: Reading Interests, Reading Motivation, Student Interests, Reading Attitudes
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Bates, Celeste C.; D'Agostino, Jerome V.; Gambrell, Linda; Xu, Meling – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2016
This study examined the effects of Reading Recovery on children's motivational levels, and how motivation may contribute to the effect of the intervention on literacy achievement. Prior studies concluded that Reading Recovery was positively associated with increased student motivation levels, but most of those studies were limited…
Descriptors: Reading, Grade 1, Reading Motivation, Reading Improvement
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Shaw, Donita Massengill – Reading Teacher, 2013
The purpose of this manuscript was to describe information about an animal-assisted therapy, specifically the Reading Education Assistance Dog (R.E.A.D.) program. In this manuscript I provide information about R.E.A.D. programs in general. Next, I share perspectives solicited from R.E.A.D. participants, specifically teachers, parents, students and…
Descriptors: Animals, Therapy, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness