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Becker, Michael; McElvany, Nele; Kortenbruck, Marthe – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
The purpose in this study was to examine the longitudinal relationships of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation with reading literacy development. In particular, the authors (a) investigated reading amount as mediator between motivation and reading literacy and (b) probed for bidirectional relationships between reading motivation and reading…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Incentives, Reading Motivation, Grade 6
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Watkins, Marley W.; Coffey, Debra Young – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2004
The Motivations for Reading Questionnaire (MRQ) contains 54 items that are posited to tap 11 dimensions of reading motivation. The structural validity of the MRQ was investigated with 2 samples: (a) 328 students in Grades 3-5 from 2 suburban mid-Atlantic elementary schools and (b) 735 students in Grades 3-5 in 2 suburban southwestern elementary…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Education, Reading Motivation, Questionnaires