Motivation for Reading: Individual, Home, Textual, and Classroom Perspectives: Individual, Home, Textual, and Classroom Perspectives : A Special Issue of educational Psychologist

Allan Wigfield, John T. Guthrie

ISBN 10: 0805898727 / ISBN 13: 9780805898729

Published by Routledge 1997-06-12, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Motivation for Reading: Individual, Home, Textual, and Classroom Perspectives: Individual, Home, Textual, and Classroom Perspectives : A Special Issue of educational Psychologist
• Publisher: Routledge 1997-06-12
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805898727
• ISBN 13: 9780805898729
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Based on research from the National Reading Research Center (NRRC) at the Universities of Georgia and Maryland, this issue presents the contributors' sythesized work on reading motivation and engagement. Articles are devoted to the following topics:
* the general motivation constructs related to reading;
* home influences on reading motivation;
* readers' responses to different types of text;
* influences of classroom contexts; and
* types of assessment on children's motivation.

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Edited by Wigfield, Allan; Guthrie, John T.