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The Impact of Gender, Socioeconomic Status, Parental Involvement, and School Climate on the Reading Motivation and Ability among High School Students
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Kimberley Rachel Brigance – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative method, causal-comparative study was to explore the impact of gender, socioeconomic status, school climate, and parental involvement on reading ability and intrinsic motivation. This study focused on a group of 113 9th grade students from a rural Tennessee high school. Data were collected and analyzed to determine…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Rural Schools, Gender Differences, Socioeconomic Status
The Effects of Participation in the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation Summer Reading Pilot Program on Students' Academic Performance and Reading Motivation
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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
The Effects of Participation in the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation Summer Reading Pilot Program on Students' Academic Performance and Reading Motivation
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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
Highly Effective Teachers' Reported Use of Reading Engagement and Motivation Strategies in the Elementary English Language Arts Classroom in Grades Second through Fifth
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Logan C. Elliott – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Highly effective elementary teachers faced challenges to professional development which differed from their urban or suburban peers. With the increasing need for student proficiency in reading, strategies to help grow their engagement and motivation were necessary to investigate and apply to instructional habits. The purpose of this basic…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Reading Motivation, Learner Engagement, Reading Strategies
Supplemental Reading for Ninth Graders: Classic or Young Adult Literature
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Hill, Katherine Jane Roney – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The project addressed the debate over supplemental literature: young adult or classic selections to better support teaching ninth graders Tennessee's English I curriculum standards. Research supported both classical and contemporary literature for teaching ninth graders, making it difficult to determine which type of literature might produce the…
Descriptors: Supplementary Reading Materials, Grade 9, Adolescent Literature, Classics (Literature)
De-Marginalizing Adolescent Literacy: Seven Constructions of Textual Multiplicity
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Baker, Julie Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In adolescent literacy research, there is a gap in literature relating to adolescent constructions of reading. It is not possible to gather significant research on the topic without hearing from the adolescents themselves. The purpose of this qualitative study was to discover what the adolescent participants consider to be "reading" and…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Textbooks, Reading Motivation, Adolescents