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Direct linkDiBella, Karen S. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to measure the motivation for academic and recreational reading of 6th grade students in a middle school located in southwest Florida using the Elementary Reading Attitude Survey (ERAS). In this mixed methods study, motivation for both types of reading were measured, individual demographics of the population, such as…
Descriptors: Criticism, Recreational Reading, Reading Motivation, Correlation
Long, Deanna – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of E-readers during guided reading instruction would affect students' reading motivation, attitude toward reading, and reading comprehension. The study utilized on a quasi-experimental mixed methods research design that involved 35 fifth grade students in two fifth grade reading classes. For 10…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Electronic Publishing, Educational Technology, Reading Attitudes
Bruce, Laquanda T. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
America's public schools have faced challenges in educating students, particularly those identified as at risk. According to the No Child Left Behind Act, nearly 70% of 4th grade students are unable to perform on a basic level on national reading tests. The research problem in this study addressed the significance of guided reading instruction,…
Descriptors: Research Problems, Federal Legislation, At Risk Students, Social Change
Conradi, Kristin – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Research investigating affective dimensions in reading has long been plagued by vaguely defined constructs and, consequently, by an array of potentially problematic instruments designed to measure them. This mixed-methods study investigated the relationship among three popular group-administered instruments intended to tap affective constructs in…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading, Second Language Learning, Affective Measures
Edwards, Patricia A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this mixed research design study was to examine how teachers in a large urban Midwestern district used Thinking Maps® with students in elementary school general education and special education classrooms. In addition, this study examined the use of Thinking Maps® with 30 urban elementary school males in two schools: one second…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Males, Student Attitudes, Urban Schools
