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Hochweber, Jan; Vieluf, Svenja – Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The authors examined the extent to which classroom-specific relationships between students' gender and their reading achievement and enjoyment of reading are associated with student-perceived teaching quality. Based on a sample of 10,543 ninth-grade students from 427 classrooms, multilevel analyses revealed that effective classroom management,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Reading Achievement, Literature Appreciation, Teacher Effectiveness
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López, Francesca A. – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background: Despite numerous educational reform efforts aimed at aggressively addressing achievement disparities, Latinos continue to underperform in school. In sharp contrast to the belief that the inordinate achievement disparities among Latino students stem from deficiencies, some researchers assert that culturally responsive teaching (CRT)…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Hispanic American Students, Teaching Methods, Identification (Psychology)
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Neugebauer, Sabina Rak – Reading Psychology, 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…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Adolescents, Reading Difficulties, Questionnaires
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Rasmusson, Maria A. – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2016
Background: Influence of external factors in general, and socioeconomic background factors in particular, on traditional reading performance has been extensively researched and debated. While traditional reading is well investigated in this respect, there is a lack of studies on equity aspects related to digital reading achievement, in spite of…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Reading Achievement, Technological Literacy, Telecommunications
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Adams, Curt M. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if collective student trust functions as a resource for urban elementary students. Methods: Data from 1,646 students nested in 56 elementary schools in an urban school district were used to test the hypothesized effect of collective student trust on school identification, self-regulated…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Elementary School Students, Urban Schools, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
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Froiland, John Mark; Oros, Emily – Educational Psychology, 2014
This study investigated the effects of intrinsic motivation, perceived competence, classroom engagement and extrinsic motivation on reading development among youth. Using a nationally representative sample of students in the US, the researchers followed students longitudinally from fifth to eighth grade. Reading achievement was measured using…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Reading Achievement
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de Bilde, Jerissa; Boonen, Tinneke; Speybroeck, Sara; De Fraine, Bieke; Van Damme, Jan; Goos, Mieke – Elementary School Journal, 2015
Experiential education is a child-centered educational framework that is popular in Flemish kindergartens. In this study, the impact of five experiential practices (autonomy support, stimulation, emotional support, time for choice activities, and interest-based activities) and the moderating influence of initial achievement (language and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries, Personal Autonomy
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Shin, Seon-Hi; Slater, Charles L.; Backhoff, Eduardo – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2013
This study compared PISA 2009 student reading literacy scores with principal perceptions across three countries with varying levels of student performance: Korea, Mexico, and the United States. Seventy-five countries participated in PISA 2009, which measured 15-year-old children's reading achievement and principal perceptions. The study explored…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Principals, Administrator Attitudes