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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Reading Engagement"”.
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Exploring conceptualizations of reading engagement
… overarching research questions: 1. How have reading motivation and engagement been conceptualized in the research literature? 2. How do educators, particularly teachers of the primary grades, conceptualize reading motivation and engagement? What sources of information do they draw upon to …
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For the love of reading : the impact of engagement factors on reading proficiency
… the significance of extensive and frequent reading for all students. There are consistent findings across studies, years, and grade levels regarding the limited amount of time students with reading difficulties, including students identified with learning or emotional/behavioral …
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The Impact of an Integrated iPad Daily Multiliteracies Pedagogy on Elementary Students' Reading Achievement, Skills, Engagement, Collaboration and Learning, and Self Perception
… program on second grade elementary students reading achievement, skill development and engagement, collaboration and learning, and student and parent perceptions of reading ability and engagement. A mixed methods approach including PM Benchmark Assessments, video footage, questionnaires, and …
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Kindergarteners' Concept Development in Science and Literacy Learning Through Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI)
… science concept and literacy learning along with engagement of the students in a Kindergarten class in which science and literacy instruction was integrated through Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI). CORI is an instructional framework created to increase reading engagement by teaching …
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Is It Choice or Is It Interest?: The Effect of Choice and Interest on the Cognitive and Affective Engagement of Elementary Students Performing a Reading Task
… topic interest, and situational interest on reading engagement, attitude, and learning in college-age students. The study was replicated using fourth and fifth graders as subjects. The study was extended to examine the effects of gender and reading ability cohort on the outcome measures. …
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Mobile Books: Effect of Engagement on Students’ Motivation and Cognitive Strategy Use
This mixed methods research explores the role of reading engagement in 30 grade 1 students’ motivation to read mobile electronic storybooks (eBooks) and cognitive strategies used during eBook reading. Data collection comprised motivation and parent questionnaires, behavioural observation …
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Motivation and Middle School Readers: The nature of motivation among adolescent struggling readers who made notable gains while in middle school.
… participants who made notable advances in reading while in middle school. Data was gathered through interviews, observations, and artifact analysis. Guthrie's (2001) work identified a list of essential elements for reading engagement: autonomy support, interesting texts, goal orientation, …
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Enhancing Struggling Readers' Word Decoding: Assessing the Impact of Digital Text Features
… features (DTFs) which provide support in the reading process (Clinton-Lisell, 2023; Colwell et al., 2022; Tortorelli & Strong, 2025). These interactive features can be skillfully used to support struggling readers, who are reading below grade level, to overcome decoding challenges. This …
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Reading for Pleasure in Nigeria: An In-depth Case Study of the Reading Habits of a Small Group of 9–12 Year Olds in Nigeria
… This qualitative study therefore explores reading for pleasure done by a group of 9–12 year olds in a book club in Nigeria. It aims to shed light on the extent to which the children read, how, what, when and why they read, and the factors that affect their engagement with reading for …
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Enhancing the reading conditions in a multilingual grade six class : exploring the possibilities
… addresses the question of ""how to enhance reading conditions in a grade six class with learners from different language backgrounds, but taught in English as a medium of instruction"". The conceptual framework helps to carve a path through the maze of definitions about reading, independent …
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Teachers’ formative assessment of reading comprehension in Chile: challenges and opportunities
… the challenges of, and opportunities for, reading comprehension assessment practices with a formative purpose in Chilean classrooms. This research conceives assessment as a bridge between teaching and students’ learning. It also combines the cognitive and sociocultural perspectives of …
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Teacher Perceptions of Free-Choice Reading in the Middle School English Language Arts Classroom
… Arts (ELA) teachers' perceptions of free-choice reading and how those perceptions influence instructional practices and student engagement. Grounded in socio-cultural theory and Glasser’s Choice Theory, the research examines how teachers’ personal reading experiences shape their beliefs about the …
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Joe's Horses
… of time they spent paying attention to their reading. Through an observation of the time spent by children with ADHD paying attention to the book, the study reveals some possible trends in the reading habits of the children in the sample. This exegesis draws upon the existing literature on …
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Student Interactions, Attitudes and Engagement During Literacy Events in a Second Grade Classroom: A Case Study of Five Struggling Readers
… student-student interactions, attitudes toward reading and engagement during literacy events in a second grade classroom. The literacy environment and the teacher’s conceptualization of her role as a reading instructor were also part of this investigation. Five second grade struggling readers …