This research explores upper elementary students' motivation to read fiction and nonfiction.
Using expectancy-value theory, the researchers developed separate surveys to measure …

Reading motivation is a fundamental basis for reading behavior and performance. For
learners, interest is an exceedingly important component of reading motivation. Prior …

This investigation focused on elementary-aged (first and fourth grade) children's individual
preferences for narrative and expository text and perceptions of what their same-aged peers …

This article reports findings from a small-scale focus-group study funded by the British
Academy. Drawing on Herbert Marsh and Richard Shavelson's notion of “Academic Self …

This sequential explanatory analysis reports on the observed differences in growth on
decoding, word knowledge, and reading comprehension between second grade males and …

The reading preferences of 13-year-old boys and girls were examined to identify the factors
determining reading achievement. Students from each Canadian province and one territory …

The paper was to investigate gender variation in reading habits in schools in Moland: using
Asantekwaa SDA Junior High School in the Kintampo Municipality of Ghana as a case …

Curiosity is a critical skill that spurs learning, but is often found to decline with age and
schooling. Recent research has shown that peer interaction may serve a special role in …

In this thesis I present the findings of an investigative research project which explored the
relationship between children's leisure reading and their volitional writing in the upper years …

Öz Bu araştırmada Türk çocuk edebiyatında işlenen temaların tespit edilmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Bu doğrultuda Türk çocuk edebiyatı, çocuk gelişimi ve çocuk eğitimi açısından incelenmiştir …