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Polatcan, Faruk – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
The tendency to read is due to what individuals pay attention to while reading and choosing literary works. The aim of this study is to develop a scale of pre-service teachers' reading tendencies. The study group of the research consisted of 143 pre-service Turkish language teachers studying at Sinop University. Factor analysis was performed to…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Reading Material Selection
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Dirix, Nicolas; Vander Beken, Heleen; De Bruyne, Ellen; Brysbaert, Marc; Duyck, Wouter – Reading Research Quarterly, 2020
The authors investigated how eye movements are influenced by different reading goals in participants' first (L1) and second language (L2). Participants read or studied the contents of texts while their eye movements were recorded. One group was asked to read L1 and L2 texts as they would read any expository text (informational reading). Another…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Eye Movements, Second Language Learning, Reading Motivation
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Milner, H. Richard, IV – Reading Research Quarterly, 2020
The author poses racialized questions and issues about the science of reading to address and disrupt implicit and overt racist practices in producing and disseminating knowledge. Roles, complexities, nuances, and challenges related to racial identity, special education lenses, and motivation are explored to reimagine how we conceptualize,…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Reading Research, Racial Identification, Special Education
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Balantekin, Yakup – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2021
The aim of this study was to improve the reading and writing performance and reading motivation of a third grade primary school student who does not have any cognitive or physical disabilities. In the study conducted by the action research method, one of the qualitative research methods, the student's reading and writing performance and reading…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Writing Improvement, Reading Achievement, Writing Achievement
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Simsek, Nil Didem; Sontay, Fatih – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2021
This study is an attitude scale development study that reveals high school students (9th, 10th, 11th grades) literary curiosity. It is thought that students with high literary curiosity have a reading culture. Reading culture is a reading level reached by transforming reading into a habit and critical reading skill. The scale created for this…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Test Construction, Student Attitudes, Reading Motivation
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Martin-Chang, Sandra; Kozak, Stephanie; Levesque, Kyle C.; Calarco, Navona; Mar, Raymond A. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
Leisure reading is associated with several important educational and cognitive benefits, and yet fewer and fewer young adults are reading in their free time. To better study what drives leisure reading in undergraduates, we developed the Predictors of Leisure Reading (PoLR) scale. The PoLR investigates key predictors of leisure reading, namely…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Recreational Reading, Fiction, Nonfiction
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Öztürk, Melek Baba; Aydogmus, Mücahit – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
Metacognitive reading strategies are used before, during and after reading, and raise awareness of the reading process. These strategies are crucial for the individual to be able to regulate their reading processes, to realize and remedy their deficiencies, and to be effective in the process of reading, comprehending and learning. Reading…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Motivation, Reading Processes, Reading Habits
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Jill Steel – Education 3-13, 2024
Wellbeing and effective engagement in reading are critical to successful learning and achievement throughout school and beyond. Reading to Dogs in schools is an increasingly popular way of supporting both wellbeing and reading engagement yet limited educational research has been conducted. This small-scale study took place in a Scottish Primary 1…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Rights, International Law, Treaties
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Charlotte Webber; Katherine Wilkinson; Lynne G. Duncan; Sarah McGeown – Literacy, 2024
Adolescence is often positioned as a particularly vulnerable period for reading motivation and engagement, both for academic reading and reading for pleasure. However, closer scrutiny of the literature reveals a much more nuanced pattern of changing interest, attitude, and motivation for reading during adolescence. Despite this, there is a…
Descriptors: High School Students, Reading Motivation, Literature Appreciation, Barriers
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Erina Andriani – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2023
Volition helps students who are in the reading process to achieve their objectives. It converts their motivation into actual actions they need to undergo to reach the predetermined goals. Such actions may include the use of strategies, whether to manage their cognition, emotions, or distractions, that may elevate their reading comprehension and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Student Attitudes, Vocational High Schools, High School Students
Jennifer L. Grow – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Reading motivation is an important contributor to reading achievement. Students with higher levels of motivation tend to outperform those with lower levels. Reading motivation is a dynamic, situational, context-dependent trait that can vary in children over time and across tasks. Teachers have a valuable opportunity to support students' reading…
Descriptors: Validity, Reading Motivation, Measures (Individuals), Elementary School Students
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McCarron, Sean Patrick; Kuperman, Victor – Journal of Research in Reading, 2022
Background: Previous studies show that students improve communication skills throughout post-secondary study proportionately to first-year ability, yet important questions remain. How does post-secondary affect the development of reading comprehension and related skills? How does this development vary between L1 and L2 speakers, and how much…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Reading Skills, Native Language
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Savaskan, Vafa – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
Reading habit, the ability to sustain the reading activity, is required for quality reading. Those who tend to read need to be motivated one way or another. Reading motivation is closely associated with the reading goals and trends of the individuals, and the time they devote to reading. The present study aims to determine the reading motivation…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, High School Students, Gender Differences, Instructional Program Divisions
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Bagazi, Afrah – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2022
This study investigates the relationship between reading self-concept and motivation among a group of male and female students with reading difficulties, also exploring this according to gender variables. The paper also seeks to determine to what extent reading self-concept can predict reading motivation among these target students. The study…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Reading Difficulties, Student Motivation, Correlation
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Ivey, Gay – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2019
Can we teach children and young adults about reading while simultaneously and inseparably teaching them how to take control of their own lives and relationships, a possibility that has been just barely touched by research and even less so by educational policies and practice? This address highlights research findings that suggest the promise of…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Motivation, Middle School Students, Observation
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