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Text Selection and Students' Motivation to Read
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Maggie Hoddinott – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study explores the relationship between features of the books students select for independent reading and their motivation to read. After spending 15 to 20 minutes reading from their self-selected texts, participants (n = 340) completed the Motivation to Read Profile-Revised (MRP-R) (Malloy et al., 2013) and provided information about their…
Descriptors: Reading Material Selection, Student Motivation, Reading Attitudes, Independent Reading
Building Momentum toward F.I.R.E.: Fostering Independent Reading Effectively
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Jill R. Culmo; Micheal J. Kessner; Robin D. Johnson – Texas Association for Literacy Education Yearbook, 2014
Allowing students time to read independently during the school day is an option that schools consider to improve motivation to read and reading achievement. Two main questions guided this study: Does providing time to read independently in class improve reading achievement? and Does providing time to read independently in class have an impact on a…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Motivation, Grade 2
The Impact of Structured Daily Independent Self-Selected Reading on Second Grade Students
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Culmo, Jill R. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of second grade students about reading, themselves as readers, their motivation to read, and their subsequent reading achievement. Allowing students time to read independently during the school day and providing various reading materials in the classroom are options that some school…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Quasiexperimental Design, Reading Materials, Independent Reading