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Maggie Hoddinott – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study explores the relationship between features of the books students select for independent reading and their motivation to read. After spending 15 to 20 minutes reading from their self-selected texts, participants (n = 340) completed the Motivation to Read Profile-Revised (MRP-R) (Malloy et al., 2013) and provided information about their…
Descriptors: Reading Material Selection, Student Motivation, Reading Attitudes, Independent Reading
Danica Donker – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Elementary students' literacy skills are decreasing nationwide ("The Nation's Report Card," 2019). This is concerning because as literacy skills slip, the literacy demands for American workers are steadily increasing (OECD, 2013). Unfortunately, adding to the situation is the fact that students' attitudes towards reading are worsening…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Attitudes, Recreational Reading, Reading Motivation
Hammond, Ronda; Caro, Iris; Harrison, Pamela – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This mixed-methods study was conducted to identify the effects of participation in the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) summer pilot reading program on students' academic performance and reading motivation over 2 years. Data from rising first- through third-grade students and teachers in 37 public school districts across the state of…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Academic Achievement, Reading Motivation
Harrison, Pamela; Caro, Iris; Hammond, Ronda – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This mixed-methods study was conducted to identify the effects of participation in the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) summer pilot reading program on students' academic performance and reading motivation over 2 years. Data from rising first- through third-grade students and teachers in 37 public school districts across the state of…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Academic Achievement, Reading Motivation