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Oldfather, Penny – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2002
Presents five themes constructed through a cross-case analysis and synthesis of research and theory based on six articles collected for a two-part mini-themed issue of this journal on learning from students about overcoming motivation problems in literacy learning. Examines what can be learned by looking at different studies that address issues of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Literacy, Student Attitudes
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Oldfather, Penny – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2002
Offers an interpretive case study designed to provide insights about students' thoughts, feelings, and actions when not initially motivated for literacy tasks, and ways in which some students were able to become intrinsically interested. Reveals three different patterns of engagement (or lack thereof), represented in three different "Situations"…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Research, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Oldfather, Penny – Theory into Practice, 1995
Researchers consistently underestimate the enormous potential of children to participate in the construction of their own learning environments and as research partners in examining learning. The paper chronicles one 6-year collaborative project with students on research in literacy learning and highlights students' perspectives on what the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Students, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades
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Oldfather, Penny; Thomas, Sally – Teachers College Record, 1998
Presents case studies of six teachers who completed year-long research projects on motivation for literacy learning in collaboration with high school students, considering their views on the nature of knowledge, the purposes of schooling, approaches to teaching and learning, perspectives on motivation, and roles and relationships with the school…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Research, High School Students, High Schools