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Direct linkFulmer, Sara M.; Frijters, Jan C. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2011
This study explored the influence of an excessively challenging reading task on middle school students' motivation, attributions for failure, and persistence. In particular, the authors considered the possibility that relative topic interest might function as a buffer against the negative outcomes of excessive challenge. Students ranging from 10…
Descriptors: Persistence, Student Interests, Student Motivation, Reading Ability
Download full textD'Alessio, Judith A. – 1996
A study examined retelling as a reading comprehension-enhancing technique. Subjects were 26 urban, lower socio-economic fourth graders from New Jersey (Essex County), including 10 girls and 16 boys. A control sample answered questions as a follow-up to reading basal stories; an experimental sample retold the stories as a follow-up. Comparable…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Grade 4
