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Feucht, Florian C.; Michaelson, M. Kate; Ziegler, Nathan E.; Maziarz, Lauren N.; Hany, Susan B. – Reading Psychology, 2023
This exploratory qualitative study gathered data on adolescents' mental models of illiteracy before and after they read news articles on the topic and explored their epistemic beliefs about illiteracy and news articles as a knowledge source. Engaging with the news requires critical thinking and civic engagement, both central components of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Rural Schools, Adolescents, Schemata (Cognition)
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Ives, Samantha T.; Parsons, Seth A.; Parsons, Allison Ward; Robertson, Dana A.; Daoud, Nisreen; Young, Chase; Polk, Lisa – Reading Psychology, 2020
This study examines the psychometric properties of a reading motivation measure with a sample of upper elementary students in the United States (n = 195). The research explores upper elementary students' motivation to read, the amount/frequency of their reading in general, and their preferences for different text genres. Factor analyses support…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Motivation, Reading Motivation, Literary Genres
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Dynia, Jaclyn M.; Justice, Laura M. – Reading Psychology, 2015
This study describes book reading practices occurring in early childhood special education (ECSE) classrooms in comparison to early childhood education (ECE) classrooms. Reading logs submitted by 19 ECSE teachers and 13 ECE teachers over one academic year included all books read in whole class settings; these logs were analyzed to assess the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Diaries, Elementary School Teachers
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Boraks, Nancy; Hoffman, Amy; Bauer, David – Reading Psychology, 1997
Surveys 315 fourth- and fifth-grade inner city and suburban children from Virginia and Ohio about their "most favorite" book, with titles categorized by literary genre. Finds little overlap with individual titles but emergence of some genre patterns--girls favoring realistic fiction and boys selecting fantasy; inner city children…
Descriptors: Fiction, Gender Issues, Inner City, Intermediate Grades