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Sarah Carlton – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study is to examine self-rated levels of reading motivation and reading activity among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) Adolescents and the relationship to overall Language Arts skills. This study is framed by social learning theory and self-determination theory. DHH Adolescents (n=38), between the ages of 11 and 17, with…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Deafness, Adolescents, Hearing Impairments
Ivey, Gay; Johnston, Peter – Teachers College Press, 2023
In a sea of troubling reports about education, teaching, reading, and the well-being of teens, Ivey and Johnston bring some good news that shows what happens when we stop underestimating young people. This accessible book offers an engaging account of a 4-year study of adolescents who went from reluctant to enthusiastic readers. These youth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Reading Material Selection, Reading Motivation, Reading Habits
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Simmons, McKenna; Clark, Sarah K.; Feinauer, Erika; Richardson, Michael – Reading Psychology, 2022
The purpose of this explanatory mixed methods study was to understand how 9th grade honors and general education language arts students made course enrollment decisions through the lens of the Expectancy-Value (E-V) theory. A survey was administered to 9th grade students (N = 118) attending a public high school with the overall mean score…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Grade 9, Expectation, Value Judgment
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Marie-Andree Somers – Grantee Submission, 2023
The learning losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic make this an important time to identify strategies that can help students accelerate their learning. The Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervention (STARI) is a year-long supplemental reading intervention that is intentionally designed to address the motivational barriers of middle school students…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Reading Instruction, Intervention
Kaiser, Amy – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of a collaborative inquiry group of middle school ELA teachers who were utilizing the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) framework to create a virtual library of e-books, examine students' reading motivation data, and implement classroom practices intended to increase student reading value, motivation,…
Descriptors: Males, Reading Motivation, Middle School Students, English Teachers
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Neugebauer, Sabina Rak; Gilmour, Allison F. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
A major component of reading in subject areas is motivation to engage with text in different and specific ways. Yet, scant research captures fluctuations in adolescents' daily reading motivation in subject areas or across diverse reading activities: important information for supporting discipline-specific reading performance. Thus, this study…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Content Area Reading
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Del Nero, Jennifer – Reading Improvement, 2020
This single instrument case study illuminates the aesthetic transactions an adolescent male student constructs in response to an experimental Gothic studies reading unit implemented by his cooperating teacher over a sixth month period in his seventh grade ELA (English/ Language Arts) class. Ray is described as ''lazy' regarding academic reading…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Case Studies, Aesthetics, Males
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Barone, Diane; Barone, Rebecca – Educational Forum, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the reading volume and book choices of fourth-grade students and how they identified as readers. Students were encouraged to read 50 books independently. The results showed that students read throughout the year. Grade-level readers described themselves as being a part of the book, while above-…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Literacy Education, Qualitative Research, Reading Achievement
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Penington, Sarah – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2017
When investigating motivation, including motivation to read, motivation should be conceptualized as a multidimensional construct which considers the individual's purposes for engaging in the activities under investigation (Deci & Ryan, 2002). Motivation for activities that are undertaken because they are enjoyable in and of themselves or…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Early Adolescents, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Trafford, Stuart E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Over the last four years, East Coast High (a pseudonym), a midsized high school on the East Coast, has failed to meet adequate yearly progress targets in reading as set forth by the Department of Education (DOE) in response to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Each year, many students at East Coast High entered the library and chose a book they…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Electronic Publishing, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Varuzza, Michelle; Sinatra, Richard; Eschenauer, Robert; Blake, Brett Elizabeth – Journal of Education and Learning, 2014
Conducted at 10 schools in four communities, this study investigated relationships of young adolescents' reading motivation, reading preference, and reading engagement as influenced by their English Language Arts teachers' use of instructional strategies. Students in eight sixth grade (N = 196) and nine seventh grade (N = 218) classes completed a…
Descriptors: Language Arts, English Teachers, Teaching Methods, Early Adolescents
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Aravani, Evagelia – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
The purpose of this case study is to examine the ways in which the systematic teaching of poetry reading at Greek primary school enhances children's interest in reading and helps develop their oral skills by enriching their vocabulary and creative thinking. The present poetry project was implemented at a Greek public kindergarten in Rethymno,…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Elementary Schools, Observation, Poetry
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Lee, Valarie – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2011
Today's adolescents must meet increasing demands for high levels of literacy. However, low self-efficacy and motivation for reading often prohibit adolescents from developing and sustaining positive reading habits. Consequently, educators must provide opportunities for students to experience reading as a rewarding and useful endeavor. Research…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Reading Habits, Mentors, Sustained Silent Reading
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Wilson, Nance S.; Kelley, Michelle J. – Reading Horizons, 2010
This article describes a pilot study conducted with 10 identified avid adolescent readers who completed the Adolescent Motivation to Read Profile (AMRP) (Pitcher, Albright, DeLaney, Walker, Seunarienesingh, & Moggie, 2007) that includes both a survey to determine students' self-concept and value of reading and an interview that sheds light on what…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Attitudes, Misconceptions, Adolescents
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Schreck, Mary Kim – English Journal, 2000
Describes a high school language arts elective course on the novel, based on copious reading both in and out of class, a mix of assigned books and personal choice books in a broad range of difficulty in sophistication, and a wide range of activities, discussions, and writing. Notes enthusiastic responses, individual victories, and the sense of…
Descriptors: English Instruction, High Schools, Language Arts, Literature Appreciation
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