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Hong Li; Chuang Wang; Zhengdong Gan; Cathy Ka Weng Hoi – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
Given the preeminent role of students' reading motivation in their academic success in reading, which determines the quality and intensity of cognition and behaviors, it is important to investigate the predicative effects of different aspects of reading motivation on students' learning strategies particularly in a foreign language learning context…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Akkermans-Rutgers, Marlot; Doornenbal, Jeannette; Kassenberg, Annelies; Bosker, Roel; Doolaard, Simone – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
In this study, we analyze in-depth interviews conducted with 26 Dutch third-graders as well as interviews with one of each child's parents. The children attended one of six schools, each with a relatively large population of families with a low socioeconomic status, where home-based literacy assignments aimed at increasing children's enjoyment of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Literacy
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Wang, Wenjiao; Gan, Zhengdong – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
This paper presents the development and validation of the reading motivation questionnaire in an English as a foreign language context (RMQ-EFL) with Chinese secondary students. Data were collected from a sample of 293 secondary students in grades 10-11. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses resulted in determination of five factors (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Reading Motivation, Questionnaires
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Huang, Jing; Chen, Gaowei – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
This study investigated the associations among reading strategy instruction, student motivational factors (i.e., attitudes toward reading, reading self-concept, and motivation to read), gender, and reading achievement. The analyses were conducted using the Hong Kong sample (students at Level 1, n = 3,875 and teachers at Level 2, n = 133) from the…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Reading Strategies, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction