Is there a bidirectional relationship between children's reading skills and reading motivation?

PL Morgan, D Fuchs - Exceptional children, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Young children who enjoy reading do it more often and they tend to become skilled at it.
Poor readers, by contrast, often display low motivation to read. One possible explanation of …

Reading and math skills development among Finnish primary school children before and after COVID-19 school closure

MK Lerkkanen, E Pakarinen, J Salminen, M Torppa - Reading and Writing, 2023 - Springer
This study quantified the possible learning losses in reading and math skills among a
sample of Finnish Grade 3 children (n= 198) who spent 8 weeks in distance learning during …

A person-oriented approach to sport and school burnout in adolescent student-athletes: The role of individual and parental expectations

M Sorkkila, K Aunola, TV Ryba - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives The present study aimed to examine what kind of burnout profiles exist among
student-athletes based on their sport and school burnout symptoms. Moreover, it was …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity and sedentary time in relation to academic achievement in children

EA Haapala, J Väistö, N Lintu, K Westgate… - Journal of science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate the independent and combined associations of objectively
measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time (ST) with …

Classroom organization and teacher stress predict learning motivation in kindergarten children

E Pakarinen, N Kiuru, MK Lerkkanen… - European journal of …, 2010 - Springer
This study examined the extent to which observed teaching practices and self-reported
teacher stress predict children's learning motivation and phonological awareness in …

The developmental dynamics between interest, self-concept of ability, and academic performance

J Viljaranta, A Tolvanen, K Aunola… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Only a few studies have examined the direction of associations between academic
achievement, interest, and self-concept of ability simultaneously by using longitudinal data …

Effects of home literacy, parents' beliefs, and children's task-focused behavior on emergent literacy and word reading skills

KA Stephenson, RK Parrila, GK Georgiou… - Scientific Studies of …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
We examined the effects of home literacy (shared book reading, teaching activities, and
number of books), children's task-focused behavior, and parents' beliefs and expectations …

Reading in the digital age: Using electronic books as a teaching tool for beginning readers.

K Ciampa - Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2012 - ERIC
Beginning readers' motivation to read and the texts they choose to read impact on their
literacy achievement and willingness to engage with reading activities in the primary years …

Development of individual differences in reading: Results from longitudinal studies in English and Finnish.

R Parrila, K Aunola, E Leskinen, JE Nurmi… - Journal of Educational …, 2005 - psycnet.apa.org
The authors examined individual differences in reading development in English and Finnish.
English-speaking Canadian children were assessed once per year in Grades 1–5, and …

Development of reading and spelling Finnish from preschool to grade 1 and grade 2

U Leppanen, P Nieme, K Aunola… - Scientific studies of …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
This study had two aims: first, to investigate how emerging reading and spelling are
interlinked when children move up from preschool to primary school and, second, to …