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Pennington, Sarah E. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2017
Early adolescence is a critical time for examining academic motivation, specifically motivation to read. To support self-determined motivation to read, students' needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness must be met within the classroom context. Because classroom instructional practices are a key component of adolescents' daily experiences…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Preadolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Early Adolescents
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McKool, Sharon S.; Gespass, Suzanne – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2009
This article investigates the relationship between teachers' personal reading habits and their instructional practices. Teachers responded to a questionnaire that revealed their attitudes toward reading, the amount of time they spent reading per day and the kind of literacy practices that they used in their classrooms. Results indicate: (1) while…
Descriptors: Reading Teachers, Reading Habits, Leisure Time, Reading Attitudes
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Gunter, Glenda; Kenny, Robert – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2008
New learning and communications paradigms of today's learners are extending the definition of literacy and directly affecting how reading and writing skills are acquired (Leu, 2000). Mirroring an ever-expanding definition of literacy, new college and K-12 curricular programs that redefine digital media are popping up all over the country. Story is…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods