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Loera, Gustavo; Rueda, Robert; Nakamoto, Jonathan – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2011
This study focused on the link between parental involvement in reading and schooling and children's reading motivation. The sample consisted of 128 low-income Latino students in the second through seventh grade and their immigrant parents. The specific questions addressed were: (1) How involved are Latino parents in their children's schooling and…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Reading Motivation, Parent School Relationship, Hispanic Americans
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Quirk, Matthew; Unrau, Norman; Ragusa, Gisele; Rueda, Robert; Lim, Hyo; Velasco, Alejandra; Fujii, Kayoko; Bowers, Erica; Nemerouf, Ann; Loera, Gustavo – Reading Psychology, 2010
This study examined teachers' beliefs about motivating students to read through the development of a new survey questionnaire. The current investigation reports on initial tests of the scale's reliability and validity. The items for this measure were developed from an engagement perspective to reflect the motivational constructs represented in an…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Validity, Student Motivation, Reading Motivation
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Arzubiaga, Angela; Rueda, Robert; Monzo, Lilia – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2002
A study examined family influences on reading motivation in Latino children. Surveys and interviews with 18 Latino students in an urban southwestern elementary school and their parents indicated that as domestic workload increased, the value children placed on reading decreased. The more time families spent together and on religious literacy…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Cultural Influences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students