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Anderson, Kristin – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Reading motivation has been identified as a significant factor that contributes to academic achievement. However, research has demonstrated that reading motivation declines as students progress through the elementary years. Exploring younger students' reading motivation is warranted as it can identify practices that foster and sustain intrinsic…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Reading Motivation, Reading Attitudes
Hartell, Anne W. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of audio books on students' reading experiences in a public elementary school in rural upstate South Carolina. This study was conducted to address the problem of practice reported by teachers as low motivation and engagement during independent reading in classrooms that contributed to…
Descriptors: Audio Books, Elementary School Students, Rural Areas, Independent Reading
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Adeyemi, Ismail Olatunji – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2021
The recent pandemic disease, COVID-19, brought about a measure that involves every individual staying at home in Nigeria. This had various effects on different activities and habits of an average Nigerian. This study examined the influence of COVID-19 lockdown on reading habit of Nigerians using Lagos State inhabitants as case study. Descriptive…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Reading Habits, Reading Motivation
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Sanders, Sara; Jolivette, Kristine; Michael, Elizabeth; Rollins, Lauren H.; Swoszowski, Nicole Cain – Education and Treatment of Children, 2021
The current study investigated perceptions on reading comprehension instruction within a residential treatment facility. Four special education teachers participated in a focus group, identifying facilitators and barriers to teaching reading comprehension within a restrictive education setting to youth with and at-risk for emotional and behavioral…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Residential Institutions, Children
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Merga, Margaret K.; Ferguson, Catherine – Australian Journal of Education, 2021
Reading for pleasure is an undervalued but highly beneficial practice conferring a range of educative and socio-emotional advantages. School librarians may play a key role in supporting reading for pleasure and associated literature advocacy; however, relatively little is known about how reading for pleasure may be valued within the job…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Role Perception, Value Judgment
Gilson, Cindy M.; Sauder, Adrienne E. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2021
Effective listening is essential when teachers facilitate instructional classroom discussions. While the intersection between teacher listening and how students engage in discussions has received a wealth of research attention from other fields, this important phenomenon continues to be underresearched in the gifted and literacy education fields.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Reading Attitudes
Teravainen-Goff, Anne; Clark, Christina; Little, Sabine – National Literacy Trust, 2021
The number of children and young people in England who speak languages other than English at home has grown in the past decade, increasing from 14.6% in 2011 to 19.3% in 2021. This has understandably sparked an interest in research around reading for multilingual pupils or those with English as an additional language (EAL). Given the apparent lack…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Bullying
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Iwata, Akira – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2022
This study aims to investigate the influence of an English as a foreign language college extensive reading program on different types of motivation to study English within the framework of Self-Determination Theory in order to identify and clarify students' motivational changes. Identical questionnaires were administered to a group of nonEnglish…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Wagner, Christopher J. – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2022
Reading identities, or the ways that a child constructs the self as a reader across contexts and time, play a role in the development of early reading. Prior research on reading identities has reported primarily on the identities of monolingual children. This multiple case study examines the reading identities of young multilingual children.…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Reading Skills, Self Concept, Case Studies
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Chang, Yuan-Cheng; Bangsri, Anongkarat; Jabioon, Chotikan; Pakdeewong, Utumporn – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2022
Students' intercultural competence and reading ability are an essential aspect of their education. Intercultural competence, defined as respect for the cultural views, beliefs, and traditions of others, is a necessary skill for effective and appropriate communication. Using a multidimensional model, this study investigated the effect of…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Cultural Awareness, Achievement Tests, International Assessment
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Çigdemir, Seval – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2022
This study aims to examine the individual and environmental factors affecting the reading comprehension level through the structural equation model. To test the research questions, the relational scanning model, one of the quantitative research methods, was adopted. The research was conducted in Ankara in the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Reading Comprehension, Structural Equation Models, Elementary School Students
Vandall, Andrew W. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This exploratory research study analyzed the relationships between attitude, preference, and achievement of English Language Learner (ELL) students in high school from Brazil. The study presented what relationships exist between attitude, preference and achievement in reading for both L1 Portuguese, and L2 English. The Middle and Secondary Reading…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
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Topçuoglu Ünal, Fulya; Uyar, Serpil – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
The aim of this research is to develop a new practice to enhance the success and attitudes of the middle school students. With this in mind, the competition activity was designed by reading. The effect of this activity on secondary school students' reading comprehension success and attitudes towards reading was examined. In this research,…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Learning Activities
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Bayraktar, Hatice Vatansever; Firat, Buket Acikses – Higher Education Studies, 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine the level of primary school students' attitudes towards reading and whether they differ according to various variables. Descriptive scanning model was used in the research. The universe of the research consists of primary school students studying in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades in Istanbul. The sample of the…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Reading Attitudes
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Luijkx, Antoinette; Gerritsen, Marinel; van Mulken, Margot – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2020
Two studies investigated the effects of errors in German business letters written by Dutch students. Gaining insight into these effects is important since Germany and the Netherlands are one of the largest economically interdependent partnerships. One hundred and fifty-six German professionals rated letters with errors and letters without errors…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Business Communication, Letters (Correspondence), Error Patterns
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