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Woo, Preston – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Reading is and continues to be on the decline in the U.S. Perhaps more startling to consider is the impact that low reading motivation levels may have on the persistent achievement gaps that pervade Black and Hispanic minorities. This research study aimed to elucidate the intersection of these two points and the implications of introducing choice…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Reading Interests, Reading Material Selection, Reading Attitudes
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Bachmann, Abbey – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2022
Lack of motivation to read is the culprit of many students' struggles in literacy achievement, resulting in wider gaps in reading achievement and resulting inequities in schools across America. When students are provided with the ability to choose the text they read for English class, they have an increase in interest and commitment to read, which…
Descriptors: Reading Material Selection, Reading Motivation, Reading Achievement, Correlation
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Chang, Yuan-Cheng; Bangsri, Anongkarat – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2020
This study aimed to investigate whether Thai high school students' perceived teacher support could enhance their reading ability through self-efficacy and sense of school belonging. The theoretical foundation of this study included the theory of social-motivational processes and social cognitive theory. Structural equation modeling was used for…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Reading Ability, Self Efficacy
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Katemba, Caroline V.; Parillia, Rafael R. – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2020
Using the newspaper as a medium of learning English is a unique way to stimulate students' interest in reading, since students at this age is a student who has dropped their interest in reading. Therefore, the researchers decided to use the newspaper as a medium to build students' vocabulary. Researchers chose participants in the study of class XB…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Newspapers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Katemba, Caroline V.; Parillia, Rafael R. – Online Submission, 2020
Using the newspaper as a medium of learning English is a unique way to stimulate students' interest in reading, since students at this age is a student who has dropped their interest in reading. Therefore, the researchers decided to use the newspaper as a medium to build students' vocabulary. Researcher chose participant in the study of class XB…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Newspapers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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William Sewell – Kansas English, 2021
Since pairing the classics with young adult literature can increase reading comprehension and spark interest amongst our students, this essay explores a unit plan for connecting Will Hobbs's "Downriver" (1991) with William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" (1954). Both works espouse significant and timely themes: the importance of…
Descriptors: Novels, English Instruction, Units of Study, Reading Comprehension
Deibler, Matthew Edwin – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe the motivation and amotivation to read of 9th-12th grade adolescents in a large semi-urban high school in southwestern North Carolina. The principal theory guiding this study is Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 1991, 1994, 2000) as it explicates three universal human needs…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, High School Students, Self Determination, Reading Motivation
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Olagbaju, Oladotun O.; Popoola, Adeolu G. – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2020
Perennial poor performance in English language in public examinations has been linked to the proliferation of social media tools in the classroom. However, contrary to the general belief that social media hinders learning and distracts learners' attention, this study attempted to improve the quality of instruction through social media-supported…
Descriptors: Social Media, Outcomes of Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Grade 11
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Schreuder, Mary-Celeste; Savitz, Rachelle S. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2020
This article describes findings related to changes in the reading motivation of 12th grade language arts students who participated in an online book club partnership with college students. The study investigated the motivational impact of self-selected young adult novels, social interaction with college students and peers, and the online context…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Adolescent Literature, Clubs, Grade 12
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Zubaidah, Siti; Corebima, Aloysius Duran; Mahanal, Susriyati; Mistianah – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
The aim of this research was to reveal the relationship between student's reading interest and critical thinking skills through Reading Concept Map Group Investigation (Remap GI) and Reading Concept Map Jigsaw (Remap Jigsaw) learning models. To do so, two science classes from first grade of two Senior High Schools in Malang, Indonesia were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Interests, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
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Cantrell, Susan Chambers; Rintamaa, Margaret – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2020
The authors examined the dimensions of reading engagement for rural ninth-grade students who participated in a supplemental literacy intervention for students who struggled with school-based reading. Using a comparative case study approach, researchers investigated the ways in which engagement was characterized and undermined within the context of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, High School Students, Learner Engagement, Grade 9
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Hortiales, Evelyne Suárez; Nieto, Angelica Ramos; Hurtado, María Elena Zepeda – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
In recent years concern about Mexican reading habits has increased. Statistics show short reading interest; an average Mexican reads 3.8 books a year [1]. As teachers, reading habits are important and reflect students' skills and academic performances. Many teachers would complain about students reading habits; it is considered to be non-existent.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Reading Habits, Reading Interests
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Michael Macaluso; Anne Russo – English Journal, 2016
This article respectfully challenges the metaphor of "open doors as resistance" by reconceptualizing power in the English classroom. It also offers an alternative metaphor -- open doors as acts of love and possibility -- through different theoretical and practical underpinnings. When we, according to the authors, conceive of teaching…
Descriptors: Resistance (Psychology), Language Arts, English Teachers, Teacher Empowerment
Matis, Karen Louise – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Students' initial eagerness and excitement for learning to read are evident when they enter primary grades. Their levels of enthusiasm for reading diminish through elementary (Eccles, Wigfield, Harold, & Blumenfeld, 1993; Mazzoni, Gambell, & Koreamaki, 1999) and middle school (McKenna & Kearn, 1990; Oldfather & McLaughlin, 1993)…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Reading Interests, Student Interests, Grade 9
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Mahanal, Susriyati; Zubaidah, Siti; Bahri, Arsad; Syahadatud Dinnurriya, Maratusy – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2016
Previous studies in Malang, Indonesia, showed that there were the failure biology learning caused by not only the low students' prior knowledge, but also biology learning model has not improved the students' critical thinking skills yet, which affected the low of cognitive learning outcomes. The learning model is required to improve students'…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Skill Development, Thinking Skills, Biology
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