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Melero, Ángeles; Villalón, Ruth; Izquierdo-Magaldi, Belén – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2020
Introduction: In literate societies, reading is a key cultural instrument that must be mastered. This process involves cognitive, affective-motivational and contextual aspects. However, we find little research internationally on the relationship between reading comprehension, attitudes toward reading, reading self-confidence and family involvement…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Family Involvement, Reading Comprehension
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Griffin, Robert A.; Mindrila, Diana; Farran, Lama K. – Reading Psychology, 2022
Reading motivation may elucidate discrepancies in reading achievement among multilingual high school students whose first language is Spanish. Utilizing a person-centered approach to investigate underlying reading motivation profiles among N = 174 adolescent native Spanish speakers (NSS), analyses yielded three latent profiles of reading…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Spanish Speaking, Gender Differences, Self Concept
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Ro, Eunseok; Chen, Cheng-Ling Alice – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2014
The present study replicated the methods and data analysis of Crawford Camiciottoli's (2001) study on second language (L2) reading behavior of academic English-as-a-foreign-language students. Using the original study's questionnaire, we investigated 60 advanced non-academic English-as-a-second-language learners' L2 reading frequency and attitude.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Recreational Reading, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits
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Applegate, Anthony J.; Applegate, Mary DeKonty; Mercantini, Martha A.; McGeehan, Catherine M.; Cobb, Jeanne B.; DeBoy, Joanne R.; Modla, Virginia B.; Lewinski, Kimberly E. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2014
Certainly a primary goal of literacy education is the creation of avid, enthusiastic, and highly motivated readers. However, in this article revisiting the Peter Effect (Applegate & Applegate, 2004), researchers surveyed more than 1,000 college sophomores and found strikingly low levels of enthusiasm for reading. Only 46.6% of surveyed…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, College Students, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys
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Vongkrachang, Salila; Chinwonno, Apasara – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2015
The study aimed to examine the effect of explicit reading instruction as an approach to Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) framework on EFL students' informational text comprehension and engagement. The explicit reading instruction was implemented with 39 first-year Thai undergraduate students over a 10-week period. It was found that the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Instruction