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Direct linkKavanagh, Lauren – Journal of Research in Reading, 2019
Background: There is increasing recognition of the contribution of affective factors such as motivation to the development of reading competence. Reading activity is theorised to mediate associations between motivation and achievement, but this has been tested empirically only rarely. Method: This study employed structural equation modelling to…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Children, Correlation, Reading Achievement
Tang, Xin; Kikas, Eve; Pakarinen, Eija; Laursen, Brett; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina – Journal of Research in Reading, 2022
Background: Most previous studies of teaching styles and reading skills have been cross-sectional. Longitudinal research is needed to clarify the direction of effects. The present longitudinal study examined the degree to which differences in teaching styles in the third grade predict the sixth-grade reading performance. The consistency of the…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 6, Predictor Variables, Teaching Styles
Cheema, Jehanzeb R. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
This study investigated the effect of enjoyment of reading on reading achievement among adolescents using a sample of 65 countries. Our results indicate that although enjoyment of reading is a significant predictor of reading achievement and can explain as much as 18% of the variation in such achievement on its own at country level, there are…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Literature Appreciation, Cross Cultural Studies, Predictor Variables
van Steensel, Roel; Oostdam, Ron; van Gelderen, Amos – Journal of Research in Reading, 2019
Background: There has been an increasing interest in negative or 'undermining' motivations for reading. In this study, we aimed to strengthen knowledge on the validity of the distinction between affirming and undermining motivations. First, we examined whether the structure of a questionnaire based on this distinction could be confirmed. Second,…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Correlation, Reading Comprehension, Age Differences
Davis, Marcia H.; Wang, Wenhao; Kingston, Neal M.; Hock, Michael; Tonks, Stephen M.; Tiemann, Gail – Journal of Research in Reading, 2020
Background: The importance of reading motivation has led to the development of a large number of self-report reading motivation measures; however, there is still a need for a usable measure of adolescent reading motivation that captures a large number of theoretically and empirically distinct constructs. Methods: The current paper details the…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Measures (Individuals), Computer Assisted Testing, Reading Interests
Torppa, Minna; Eklund, Kenneth; Sulkunen, Sari; Niemi, Pekka; Ahonen, Timo – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
The present study examined gender gap in Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) Reading and mediators of the gender gap in a Finnish sample (n = 1,309). We examined whether the gender gap in PISA Reading performance can be understood via the effects of reading fluency, achievement behaviour (mastery orientation and task-avoidant…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, Reading Fluency, Recreational Reading
McGeown, Sarah P. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2015
The extent to which children's reading choices could be predicted by their motivation and gender identity was examined. Two hundred and twenty-three children (average age 9 years 11 months) completed questionnaires measuring book reading choices, reading motivation, gender identity (identification with masculine and feminine traits) and a…
Descriptors: Reading Material Selection, Children, Questionnaires, Childrens Literature
Fives, Allyn; Russell, Dan; Kearns, Norean; Lyons, Rena; Eaton, Patricia; Canavan, John; Devaney, Carmel; O'Brien, Aoife – Journal of Research in Reading, 2014
This paper investigates whether children's academic self-beliefs are associated with reading achievement and whether the relationship is modified by gender and/or age. Data were collected from children at risk of reading failure, that is, emergent readers (6- to 8-year-olds) in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas reading at a level below…
Descriptors: Young Children, Correlation, Reading Achievement, Gender Differences
Wild, Mary – Journal of Research in Reading, 2009
The paper reports the results of a randomised control trial investigating the use of computer-aided instruction (CAI) for practising phonological awareness skills with beginning readers. Two intervention groups followed the same phonological awareness programme: one group undertook practice exercises using a computer and the other group undertook…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Phonology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Phonological Awareness
