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ERIC Number: EJ560681
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0030-1035
Pizza, Praise, or People: What Motivates Readers?
Rycik, Jim
Ohio Reading Teacher, v31 n2 p50-52 Spr 1997
Reviews the debate about intrinsic versus extrinsic rewards for reading. Discusses the effectiveness of praise. Uses L. Vygotsky's notion of the Zone of Proximal Development to understand the development of motivation to read. Suggests that the motivation to keep reading will come from students' experience of success and their feeling of belonging to a community of people who read. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Attitudes, Reading Motivation, Rewards
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Zone of Proximal Development