ERIC Number: EJ1096571
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-May
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-0423
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Within-Year Changes in Chinese Secondary School Students' Perceived Reading Instruction and Intrinsic Reading Motivation
Lau, Kit-ling
Journal of Research in Reading, v39 n2 p153-170 May 2016
This study aimed to expand on existing research about motivational change by investigating within-year changes of adolescents' intrinsic reading motivation and perceived reading instruction among students from different grades and achievement levels. Six hundred and ninety five students from 10 secondary schools in Hong Kong voluntarily completed a questionnaire that measured these two variables at the beginning and near the end of a school year. The study's findings indicated that students' intrinsic reading motivation was generally stable over a school year. A significant increase in the perceived degree of mastery goal structure in reading instruction was observed near the end of the school year. Students' perception of instruction remained a strong and positive predictor of intrinsic motivation after controlling their prior motivation and other background variables. Different factors affecting students' motivational change are discussed to provide insights for promoting their reading motivation and counter the prevalent trend of motivational decline.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Adolescents, Reading Motivation, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement, Questionnaires, Pretests Posttests, Mastery Learning, Predictor Variables, Attitude Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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