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Direct linkSamira Syal; Marcia Davis; Xiaodong Zhang; Jason Schoeneberger; Samantha Spinney; Douglas J. Mac Iver; Martha Mac Iver – Reading Psychology, 2024
Motivation to read is crucial to improving reading skill. While there is extensive research examining reading motivation among elementary students, with respect to adolescents, research is limited. Employing a person-centered approach can aid in developing a better understanding of adolescent reading motivation and would help address possible…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Adolescents, Reading Achievement, High School Students
Download full textSamira Syal; Marcia Davis; Xiaodong Zhang; Jason Schoeneberger; Samantha Spinney; Douglas J. Mac Iver; Martha Mac Iver – Grantee Submission, 2023
Motivation to read is crucial to improving reading skill. While there is extensive research examining reading motivation among elementary students, with respect to adolescents, research is limited. Employing a person-centered approach can aid in developing a better understanding of adolescent reading motivation and would help address possible…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Adolescents, Reading Achievement, High School Students
Martha Abele Mac Iver; Marcia Davis; Douglas J. Mac Iver – Grantee Submission, 2024
Motivating today's adolescents to read is a challenge. This article discusses the kinds of literacy instructional practices that leverage what we know about adolescent motivation. It also reviews several evidence-based literacy interventions designed to engage and motivate adolescent readers that can potentially lead to improvements in student…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Academic Achievement, Evidence Based Practice, Intervention
Martha Abele Mac Iver; Marcia H. Davis; Douglas J. Mac Iver – Phi Delta Kappan, 2024
Motivating today's adolescents to read is a challenge. Martha Abele Mac Iver, Marcia H. Davis, and Douglas J. Mac Iver discuss the kinds of literacy instructional practices that address what we know about adolescent motivation. They also review several evidence-based literacy interventions designed to engage and motivate adolescent readers that…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Academic Achievement, Evidence Based Practice, Intervention
Accelerating Literacy for Adolescents (ALFA): Evaluating ALFA Using a Regression Discontinuity Study
Marcia H. Davis; Jason Schoeneberger; Christopher Rhoads; Douglas J. Mac Iver; Xiaodong Zhang; Martha Mac Iver; Samantha Spinney – Grantee Submission, 2024
This paper investigates the impact of assignment to the Accelerating Literacy for Adolescents (ALFA) Lab, an additional semester-long class taken during an elective period, on ninth grade student reading achievement, motivation, and frequency. We conducted a regression discontinuity (RD) study where 1,378 students from diverse high schools in four…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 9, Acceleration (Education), Literacy
