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Retelsdorf, Jan; Koller, Olaf; Moller, Jens – Learning and Instruction, 2011
This research aimed at identifying unique effects of reading motivation on reading performance when controlling for cognitive skills, familial, and demographic background. We drew upon a longitudinal sample of N = 1508 secondary school students from 5th to 8th grade. Two types of intrinsic reading motivation (reading enjoyment, reading for…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Reading Motivation, Competition, Literature Appreciation
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Nie, Youyan; Lau, Shun – Learning and Instruction, 2010
This study examined how constructivist and didactic instruction was related to students' cognitive, motivational, and achievement outcomes in English classrooms, using a sample of 3000 Grade 9 students from 108 classrooms in 39 secondary schools in Singapore. Results of hierarchical linear modeling showed differential cross-level relations. After…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Self Efficacy, Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries