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Direct linkMassey, Chris L.; Gambrell, Linda B. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2014
Literacy educators and researchers have long recognized the importance of increasing students' writing proficiency across age and grade levels. With the release of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), a new and greater emphasis is being placed on writing in the K-12 curriculum. Educators, as well as the authors of the CCSS, agree that…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, State Standards, Instructional Effectiveness, Writing Ability
Marinak, Barbara A.; Gambrell, Linda B. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2010
In an attempt to more clearly understand the erosion of motivation in some readers, a number of researchers (Mohr, 2006; Smith & Wilhelm, 2002) and organizations (The Education Alliance, 2007) have called for the investigation of gender differences in all readers, including young children. Consequently, this study focused on younger, average…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Reading Motivation, Reading Ability
Marinak, Barbara A.; Gambrell, Linda B. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2008
This study investigated the effects of reward proximity and choice of reward on the reading motivation of third-grade students as measured by indicators of task persistence. The major finding from this study was that students who were given a book as a reward and students who received no reward were more motivated to engage in subsequent reading…
Descriptors: Proximity, Persistence, Reading Motivation, Rewards
