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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Motivation to Read"”.
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Exploring the Effects of Teachers' Motivation to Read on Students' Motivation to Read
<p>Middle school students often lack the motivation to read, and middle school reading teachers often complain of this lack of motivation. Students’ lack of motivation to read seriously affects students’ ability to achieve in their academic classes at the secondary level. This study was based on …
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Using Electronic Books to Increase Elementary Students’ Motivation to Read
… that elementary teachers face is developing a reading program that adequately meets the need of all students. Given that not all students learn in the same manner, it is imperative that teachers find ways to motivate and excite all students when it comes to reading. Research has shown that …
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Motivation to read and reading proficiency: a crucial link for students learning English as a second language
This dissertation undertakes to investigate the link between the motivation to read and reading proficiency at the Grade Five level. The majority of the study took place in Bahrain in a bilingual English/Arabic private school. Most of the students were not only reading below grade level, but also …
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Exploring the influence of a school-based therapy dog reading program on reluctant readers’ motivation to read and reading fluency in the K-4 setting.
… therapy dogs in schools can have on reluctant readers’ attitudes about reading and motivation to read at school and at home as well as exploring changes in the participants' oral fluency. Eight student participants read to our school therapy dog in a 1:1 setting two times each week throughout a …
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Using art therapy to increase reading motivation in below grade-level readers
<p>Reading literacy in the twenty-first century has become a national problem, as many children’s reading proficiencies are below-grade level. This quasi-experimental research quantitatively measured the correlation between art therapy and reading level improvement for below-grade level K-5 …
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Deterents to Reading and Methods to Support Students to Become Lifelong Readers
<p>In order to provide students with an encouraging environment to become self-motivated to read on their own, teachers and parents must become aware of some inhibitors to recreational reading and know the best practices to combat them. An important step is determining the students’ attitude …
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Facilitating Comprehension and Motivation by Engaging Adolescents as iPad Readers
Technologies continue to transform the many ways that we read, write, and communicate, redefining what it means to be literate in the 21st century. For example, the explosive growth in tablet computers over the last few years has seemingly everyone embracing the new digital literacies without any …
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How multi-dimensional reading, facilitated by differentiation & choice, motivates young readers: a case-study of a Reading Workshop
… the implementation of a multi-dimensional reading approach in the form of the Reading Workshop with a focus on differentiation and choice. The objective of this study is to develop the children’s intrinsic motivation to read and to foster a love of reading. The research reports that …
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An examination of the influence of cognitive, motivational, and behavioural factors on children's reading skill and development
The aim of this thesis is to develop a better understanding of the factors influencing children’s reading skill and reading development. In particular, the experimental studies were designed to investigate the influence of cognitive skills, motivational factors, and behavioural factors on …
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Incentives : the effects on the reading motivation of fourth-grade students
The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of various incentives on the reading motivation of fourth-grade students. The students involved in the study attended an elementary school in a mid-size town in the South. Results were based on the participation of 28 students in the …
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The Effects of Choice on Student Reading Motivation
Background: Studies show that lack of student motivation to read is a primary cause of reading disengagement. This disengagement increases exponentially as students move into adolescence, often exacerbating already student achievement due to existing education inequities. A way to increase student …
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Moving beyond time and choice: Challenge, motivation and achievement during independent reading in high school
<p>In response to concerns about poor engagement and achievement in reading, some high schools have implemented independent reading programs to give students time to read self-selected texts during school. Some schools are also adopting the Lexile framework as a tool for matching readers with …
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Using Comic Books to Motivate Literacy Development in the Classroom
… purpose of this review of the literature is to examine ways of using comic books as a new medium to help increase students' motivation to read and increase their skills in literacy. Comic books are no longer just fantastical stories about superheroes vs. supervillains. They cover social …
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Factors that Affect the Reading Comprehension of Secondary Students with Disabilities
<p>Factors that Affect the Reading Comprehension of Secondary Students with Disabilities</p> <p>Thirty-million Americans are considered functionally illiterate and are unable to complete job applications or understand health care forms. Fifty-seven percent of adults with disabilities believe that …
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Perceptions of Out-of-School Reading Motivation for Female Middle School Students
<p>Literacy engagement and motivation to read is lacking in middle school reading classrooms. Educators struggle with the challenge of motivating students to read and actively engage with text both inside and outside of school. Research indicates that female and male middle school students have …
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Motivating elementary school students in literacy: a study on discussion groups
… focus of this research proposal was literacy motivation for students in elementary school. The researcher hypothesized that students who took part in a discussion group, which is a motivational technique used in literacy, would perform better on a comprehension test and had a higher level of …
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Children's motivation towards reading
The aim of the study was to find out about children's reading motivation. To conduct the study, the 'Motivation to Read Profile' (MRP) was used. It consisted of two basic instruments: the Reading Survey and the Conversational Interview. The MRP assessed children's self-concept as readers and the …
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Factors That Foster or Hinder Student Reading Motivation in a Suburban Primary School
Readingtakes a large amount of effort, but if students are without the motivation to read, they will put little effort into the task of reading (Guthrie, Perencevich, Tonks, and Wigfield, 2004). According to the report of the International Student Assessment (PISA) results of the sixty-four …
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