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Chen, Su-Yen – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2008
While studies of reluctant adolescent readers generally focus on "what is not working" and suggest having instructional practices more responsive to students' needs, this study on avid secondary school readers centers its attention on "what might have been working" and provides empirical support for the importance of the…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, National Surveys, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
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Cheng, Hsiao-Ping; Page, Richard C. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1989
Examined relationships among the levels of academic achievement, sex, anxiety, and self-esteem of junior high school students (N=256) in Taiwan. Found students' anxiety levels were generally negatively related to their levels of self-esteem. Anxiety level did not appear to be related to gender; self-esteem was related to gender with males having…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Foreign Countries, Grade 9