ERIC Number: EJ1043583
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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The Influences of Inductive Instruction and Resources on Students' Attitudes toward Reading: Evidence from PISA 2009
Jhang, Fang-Hua
Educational Research and Evaluation, v20 n5 p386-410 2014
The declining trend in the positive reading attitude of students' has concerned scholars. This paper aims to apply a 3-level hierarchical linear model to analyse how inductive instruction and resources influence both students' positive and negative attitudes towards reading. Approximately 470,000 15-year-old students, and their school principals, from 65 countries completed a questionnaire, which was designed by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). In line with previous research, gender, the student-teacher relationship, online academic searches, and reading habits are correlated with both positive and negative reading attitudes. Multilevel results show that reading attitudes improved when a school provides a context in which inductive instruction has been enforced. The natural log value of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in a country is statistically significantly negative when associated with a student's positive and negative reading attitudes. Further, in a country with largely unqualified teachers, school-level inductive teaching lowers the negative attitude.
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Gender Differences, Teacher Student Relationship, Reading Habits, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Critical Reading, Attitude Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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