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A Person-Centered Approach to Understanding Adolescents' Reading Motivation and Its Relation to Reading Outcomes
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Samira Syal; Marcia Davis; Xiaodong Zhang; Jason Schoeneberger; Samantha Spinney; Douglas J. Mac Iver; Martha Mac Iver – Reading Psychology, 2024
Motivation to read is crucial to improving reading skill. While there is extensive research examining reading motivation among elementary students, with respect to adolescents, research is limited. Employing a person-centered approach can aid in developing a better understanding of adolescent reading motivation and would help address possible…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Adolescents, Reading Achievement, High School Students
Latent Profiles of Reading Motivation in Adolescent Native-Spanish-Speaker Multilingual Learners
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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
Peer Effects in the Individual and Group Literacy Achievement of High-School Students in a Bi-Dialectal Context
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Warrican, S. Joel; Alleyne, Melissa L.; Smith, Patriann; Cheema, Jehanzeb; King, James R. – Reading Psychology, 2019
The theory of peer effect posits that students who find themselves in the company of high or low performing peers tend to exhibit better academic performance than what is solely attributable to their own individual characteristics. In this study, we investigate peer effects within literacy achievement among Trinidadian and Tobagonian youth, using…
Descriptors: High School Students, Academic Achievement, High Achievement, Low Achievement
More than Words: Older Adolescents' Linguistic Resources in the Context of Disciplinary Achievement and Academic Risk
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Townsend, Dianna; Barber, Ana Taboada; Carter, Hannah; Salas, Rachel – Reading Psychology, 2020
This study explores older adolescents' linguistic resources, specifically academic vocabulary knowledge, in the context of factors that can impact their academic success and risk of dropping out of school. The data resulted from a collaboration among professional development personnel, teachers, and university researchers. Eleventh and twelfth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Vocabulary, Academic Language, At Risk Students
Effect of the Reread-Adapt and Answer-Comprehend Intervention on the Reading Achievement of Middle and High School Readers Who Are Deaf
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Schirmer, Barbara R.; Schaffer, Laura; Therrien, William J.; Schirmer, Todd N. – Reading Psychology, 2016
Two studies were conducted to determine if the Reread-Adapt and Answer-Comprehend (RAAC) repeated reading fluency intervention is effective in improving the reading achievement of deaf middle school and high school students. Participants included six middle school students and eight high school students. We found consistently good comprehension…
Descriptors: Deafness, Reading Fluency, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement
The Relationships among Reported Strategy Use, Metacognitive Awareness, and Reading Achievement of High School Students
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Hong-Nam, Kay; Leavell, Alexandra G.; Maher, Sheila – Reading Psychology, 2014
The metacognitive awareness and reading strategy use of high school students enrolled in two high schools were investigated. The correlations between reading scores and strategy use were examined as well as the variation in strategy use by self-rated reading proficiency and academic grades. The factor analysis revealed four factors on the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reading Strategies, Metacognition, Reading Achievement