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ERIC Number: EJ1027932
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 35
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ISSN: ISSN-0270-2711
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Context-Specific Motivations to Read for Adolescent Struggling Readers: Does the Motivation for Reading Questionnaire Tell the Full Story?
Neugebauer, Sabina Rak
Reading Psychology, v35 n2 p160-194 2014
Commonly used literacy motivation assessments do not specifically explore literacy motivation in school. These context-general assessments may be problematic for struggling adolescent readers, as qualitative research documents that these adolescents exhibit different levels of cross-context motivation. The present study explores whether an in-school measure predicts additional variance in reading performance beyond a non-context-specific measure. One hundred and fifteen fifth graders were administered the Motivation for Reading Questionnaire, an in-school reading motivation daily log, a demographic survey, and standardized reading assessments. Findings indicate that the in-school reading motivation measure predicted performance for struggling readers and the non-context-specific measure did not.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Intermediate Grades; Elementary Education; Grade 5
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
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