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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Reading motivation"”.
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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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Reading Motivation as a Moderator for Adolescent Literacy Outcomes
… literacy skills students need to access text. Reading and writing proficiency for adolescent students in the United States is concerning in that the average student is reading and writing below grade level. In addition, adolescent students tend to lose reading motivation in middle and high …
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Incentives : the effects on the reading motivation of fourth-grade students
… 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 control group, 27 students in the treatment …
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Reading Motivation In Upper Elementary Students: How Children Explain Reading For Pleasure
… investigated the phenomenon of the pleasure reading experience in fourth and fifth grade students. The purpose of the study was to create a dialogue with children regarding their leisure reading habits in an effort to inform our understanding of aliteracy, a term that refers to having the …
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I want to read because...reading motivation in a first grade classroom
… and supportive way in order to increase student motivation. Students should also be allowed to interact with their peers and teachers in order to show motivation and engagement.
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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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Metacognitive reading strategy instruction: improving second language reading comprehension and reading motivation
… aims to identify the effects of metacognitive reading strategy instruction on second language reading comprehension and reading motivation by a meta-analysis and a teaching intervention. There have been contradictory findings in the literature regarding the impacts of metacognitive reading …
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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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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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Balancing Reading Motivation: A Comparative Case Study of High School Students and Their Teachers
… stakes tested classroom environment to promote reading motivation.. To analyze, the researcher focused on two tenth grade English classroom, two tenth grade English teachers, and eight tenth grade students who are identified as proficient readers. One teacher has 19 years of teaching experience …
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Gender-specific reading motivation : considering reading from the perspective of five ethnically diverse fifth grade boys
… authentic setting to explore the phenomenon of reading motivation from the perspectives of a specific group of individuals. Five participants, all African American fifth grade boys qualifying for meal subsidies, gathered in a local youth facility, where they regularly attended as members. The …
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Investigating Gender Differences in the Reading Motivation Profiles of a Population of Low-Literate Adult Learners
… examined whether or not gender disparities in reading performance and reading motivation were present in a population of adult learners. Participants included 544 individuals enrolled in an adult literacy program. Both quantitative and qualitative indices of reading experience were examined. A …
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The influence of extensive reading on junior high school students' reading motivation and reading performance in Taiwan
… in learning a foreign language can affect their reading motivation and performance in second language acquisition. As an important means of providing second language learners with systematic reading materials, extensive reading is an approach that involves a wide range of original and interesting …
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An Action Research Study Using the MUSIC Model of Academic Motivation to Increase Reading Motivation in an Elementary Classroom
… the processes employed in tailoring fourth-grade reading instruction to increase levels of student motivation. A participatory action research approach was utilized to design and conduct reading instruction that fourth-grade students perceived to be motivating. The reading instructional program …
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Creating a Lifeline Back to Books For Adolescent Boys Through Multimedia Enhanced Read-alouds
<p>Due to a growing concern regarding the reading motivation levels of adolescent males, educators have been encouraged to broaden their definition of literacy beyond the traditional fiction novel. This study sought to target the reading motivation levels of unmotivated adolescent boys through the …
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Children's motivation towards reading
… 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 value …
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Reading aloud: Shaping reading attitudes
… (ability to read without willingness to do so)--Reading motivation.
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Reading aloud: Shaping reading attitudes
… (ability to read without willingness to do so)--Reading motivation.
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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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Improving Reader Motivation with Machine Learning
This thesis focuses on the problem of increasing reading motivation with machine learning (ML). The act of reading is central to modern human life, and there is much to be gained by improving the reading experience. For example, the internal reading motivation of students, especially their interest …
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