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Toward a Social Constructivist Reconceptualization of Intrinsic Motivation for Literacy Learning.
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Oldfather, Penny; Dahl, Karin – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1994
Critiques current understandings of children's motivation for literacy learning, and argues for a reconceptualization of motivation that centers on the learner as agent in the social construction of meaning. Uses vignettes and examples from studies conducted in whole-language classrooms to investigate children's perspectives of their own literacy…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Ethnography, Language Attitudes, Learning Motivation
Stress and Reading Difficulties: Teaching Students Self-Regulating Skills.
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Gentile, Lance M.; McMillan, Merna M. – Reading Teacher, 1987
Notes that poor readers often equate reading difficulty with failure and exhibit stress reactions, and suggests that teachers take these feelings into account to help with remediation. (JC)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary Education, Goal Orientation, Learning Problems