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The Role of Reading Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Home Influence in Students' Literacy Achievement: A Preliminary Examination of Fourth Graders in Abu Dhabi
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Yang, Guang; Badri, Masood; Al Rashedi, Asma; Almazroui, Karima – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2018
Background: This study aimed to identify motivation and home influence factors that predict reading literacy achievement of grade 4 students in Abu Dhabi. It drew on the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2011 data, which placed Abu Dhabi students' results substantially below the international benchmark of 500. Methods:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Family Influence, Reading Achievement
Predictors of Reading Performance of Fourth-Graders
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Kivanç Bozkus – European Journal of Education, 2025
This study aimed to employ machine learning techniques to uncover the pivotal determinants influencing the reading proficiency of fourth-grade students across 65 regions, as participants in the PIRLS 2021 assessment. The primary objective was to discern and assess key factors at the student, family and school levels that predict high and low…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Reading Skills, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
Do Knowledge and Motivation Matter? The Role of General Knowledge and Reading Motivation in Reading Achievement in The Elementary Years
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Hwang, HyeJin – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Reading development in students who are second language learners (SLLs) has been a concern of many educators. It is important to understand reading development in students who are SLLs to effectively support their reading development. The dissertation consists of two studies, presented in two stand-alone manuscripts, that aimed to deepen our…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Achievement, Grade 3, Elementary School Students
Using PIRLS Data to Investigate the Relationship of Teachers' Instruction with Students' Out-of-School Reading Behaviours. Policy Brief No. 8
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Polikoff, Morgan S.; Zhou, Nan – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2015
Research clearly demonstrates the importance of students' reading behaviors for predicting students' short- and long-term outcomes. While teachers' instruction might affect these reading behaviors (and therefore indirectly affect achievement), we know little about the association of in-school teacher practices with students' out-of-school…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Reading Achievement
How Motivational Constructs Interact to Predict Elementary Students' Reading Performance: Examples from Attitudes and Self-Concept in Reading
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Park, Yonghan – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
This study explored the factors underlying reading motivation measured in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and investigated the relations between those motivational factors and reading performance using U.S. data from PIRLS 2006. A special focus was given to interacting relations between different motivational facets in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Attitudes, Reading Motivation, Self Concept
Developing Basic and Higher Level Reading Processing Skills: Exploring an Instructional Framework with the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006 Database
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Deasy, Michael Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Concern over worldwide literacy rates prompted the United Nations to establish the UN Literacy Decade (2003-2012) with one area of focus being to provide support to schools to develop effective literacy programs (UNESCO, 2005). This study addressed the area of providing support to schools to develop effective literacy programs by exploring the…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Predictor Variables