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Direct linkMargolis, Howard; McCabe, Patrick P. – Reading Psychology, 2006
Many schools mandate that teachers use scripted lessons and specific reading programs. To minimize the many problems that such instructional inflexibility can create for struggling readers, this article describes five principles of motivation and shows how teachers can apply these principles with struggling readers within the framework of mandated…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Programs, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedMargolis, Howard; McCabe, Patrick P. – Special Services in the Schools, 1996
Using three complementary motivation theories, analyzes the difficulties of a student who had been termed a "resistant reader." Lists 12 questions, emanating from three theories, to guide the analysis of factors contributing to the child's avoidance of reading. Each question is accompanied by strategies to encourage reading. Labels the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness
