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Erickson, Joy Dangora; Condie, Cami; Wharton-McDonald, Ruth – Reading Teacher, 2020
The authors share findings from a study that incorporated two types of participatory interview approaches (conversational drawing interviews and walking tour interviews) to elicit young students' (K-2) motivation-related perceptions of a reading intervention to better understand and support their motivation for doing reading in the program. All 14…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
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Levine, S. L.; Cherrier, S.; Holding, A. C.; Koestner, R. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Reading is often cited as beneficial for one's mental health, but the research on this topic is limited. The goal of the present research was to examine whether recreational reading is beneficial for mental health during college, and to determine what motivates recreational reading. Participants: Participants were 231 university…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits, Recreational Reading, Mental Health
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Maghsoudi, Mojtaba – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2022
L2 learners, when reading in L2 have access to their L1 literacy as a repertoire of reading strategy in L1. The main purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent awareness of reading strategies in L1 (strategy) and general proficiency in L2 (proficiency) contribute to reading comprehension ability in L2 (reading) and how it would differ…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Reading Strategies, Reading Skills
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Melzner, Nadine; Dresel, Markus; Kollar, Ingo – Metacognition and Learning, 2022
To be able to collaborate effectively and efficiently has been described as a complex and crucial twenty-first century skill. During collaboration, however, a variety of problems may emerge that require groups to engage in effective regulation processes, which is a complex task in itself. Up to now, little is known about (a) what types of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Metacognition, Learning Strategies, Case Studies
Sara Ann Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The first manuscript, "Measuring Reading Motivation: A Cautionary Tale" (Jones, 2020) is a mixed-methods study of Black girls' reading motivation while engaging in a summer reading program grounded in the Black Girls' Literacies Framework (BGLF; Muhammad & Haddix, 2016). This manuscript serves as the catalyst for this line of…
Descriptors: African American Children, Females, Reading, Reading Motivation
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Ceyhan, Sümeyra; Yildiz, Mustafa – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2021
This study aimed to examine the effect of interactive reading aloud (IRA) lessons on students' reading comprehension levels, reading motivation, and reading fluency skills. A mixed experimental design was used to model the study. This study was conducted in a Turkish public school in the academic year 2017-2018, with 62 second-grade students, 22…
Descriptors: Interaction, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Comprehension, Reading Motivation
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Lee, Yongjun; Jang, Bong Gee; Conradi Smith, Kristin – Reading Psychology, 2021
Motivation and engagement play a crucial role in literacy development and achievement. However, the construct of reading engagement has become blurred and ambiguous, both in research and in discussions of practice. In order to guide future research and to extend our existing understanding of reading engagement into classroom practice, this study…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Reading Motivation, Reading Habits, Learner Engagement
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Hassan, Isyaku; Azmi, Mohd Nazri Latiff; Muhamad, Siti Normala; Abdullah, Ahmad Taufik Hidayah – Arab World English Journal, 2021
Reading is a complex process that involves cognitive, physical, intellectual, cultural, and linguistic processes. Research shows that learners who read extensively tend to accomplish a high level of academic achievement. In Malaysia, the educational goal has shifted from simply forming literate citizens to nurturing a well-educated and…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Achievement, Reading Motivation, Time Management
McDowall, Sue – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2021
This report presents the findings of a small exploratory study carried out in 2021 by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) for the National Library of New Zealand | Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa. The project is part of a wider suite of six studies commissioned by the National Library as part of their Communities of Readers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Habits, Recreational Reading, Elementary School Teachers
Emeralle J. Kirksey – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this mixed method study was to examine the influence of reading motivation on African American and Latinx high school students' reading perceptions across grade levels and between genders. This study included a review of data from the "Motivations to Read Questionnaire," and conversational interviews using scripted…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, High School Students
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Solomon Admasu Luele – Cogent Education, 2023
This study investigates EFL students' reading motivational orientation among grades 9 and 10 in Tana Haik General Secondary School in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. To carry out this research, a causal comparative design was employed, with a total of 292 participating students. For data collection, the researcher used Motivations for Reading Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Secondary School Students, Gender Differences, Grade 9
Jizhi Zhang; Mengyi Li – American Institutes for Research, 2023
Students' academic motivation has been highlighted as one of the most significant and malleable factors that influence their academic behaviors, college major and career choices, and academic performance. The AIR National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) research team has conducted four studies focused on the role of motivation, relating…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, National Competency Tests, Majors (Students), STEM Education
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Barwasser, Anne; Nobel, Kerstin; Grünke, Matthias – British Journal of Special Education, 2022
The number of students with reading difficulties is increasing and reading motivation is decreasing. Although serious reading problems can still persist during secondary education, most reading instruction happens in primary schools. In particular, students with learning disabilities and externalising behavioural problems are confronted with…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Peer Teaching, Low Achievement, Behavior Problems
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Akopyan, Anait; Saks, Katrin – Education Sciences, 2022
Reading, as one of the four basic language skills, activates language learning. Tertiary-level students often undermine this opportunity and rarely read anything in addition to their course assignments. Rapid technological developments offer additional possibilities in this domain. The present study aims to define to what extent the specifically…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, College Students, English (Second Language)
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Neugebauer, Sabina R.; Fujimoto, Ken A. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2020
The current investigation addresses critiques about motivation terminology and instrumentation by examining together three commonly used reading motivation assessments in schools. This study explores the distinctiveness and redundancies of the constructs operationalized in these reading motivation assessments with 222 middle school students, using…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Motivation, Measures (Individuals), Item Response Theory
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