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Strahler, Brianna R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Throughout the United States, school districts are integrating programs into their reading curricula in response to an increased focus on reading achievement. While many school districts are implementing successful remedial and after-school programs, their approach does not include providing literacy instruction for students during summer…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Summer Programs
Carney, Kelli Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this interpretive case study was to explore the reading perceptions and attitudes of children who exhibited high levels of motivation to read. The study explored the extent to which the highly motivated children read and the extent to which they enjoy reading. Seven children enrolled in the fifth grade at a small, rural elementary…
Descriptors: Children, Reading Motivation, Reading Attitudes, Case Studies
Mason, Paula K. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to describe the motivation to read of elementary African American and Hispanic boys and explore the possible differences in reading motivation using the constructs of self-perceptions as a reader and value of reading. Educational research has repeatedly shown that students from disadvantaged minority…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Males
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
Galdo, JoAnne Donnelly – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study investigated the impact of Web 2.0-based literature response blogs on summer reading loss and student reading motivation. There is limited empirical research that connects summer reading and the use of social media as a means of maintaining reading levels of elementary aged students during out-of-school time. This study attempted to…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Motivation, Electronic Publishing, Diaries
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