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Toward a Social Constructivist Reconceptualization of Intrinsic Motivation for Literacy Learning.

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Oldfather, Penny; Dahl, Karin – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1994

Critiques current understandings of children's motivation for literacy learning, and argues for a reconceptualization of motivation that centers on the learner as agent in the social construction of meaning. Uses vignettes and examples from studies conducted in whole-language classrooms to investigate children's perspectives of their own literacy…

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Ethnography, Language Attitudes, Learning Motivation