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Schiefele, Ulrich; Schaffner, Ellen – Reading Research Quarterly, 2016
Reading motivation has been defined consistently as a multidimensional construct. However, there is some disagreement regarding the number and nature of the dimensions of reading motivation. In particular, there is a lack of studies investigating the dimensional structure and measurement invariance (e.g., across gender) of reading motivation…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Questionnaires, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Schaffner, Ellen; Schiefele, Ulrich; Ulferts, Hannah – Reading Research Quarterly, 2013
This study examined the role of reading amount as a mediator of the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic reading motivation on higher order reading comprehension (comprised of paragraph-and passage-level comprehension) in a sample of 159 fifth-grade elementary students. A positive association between intrinsic reading motivation and reading amount…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Incentives, Reading Comprehension, Grade 5
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Schiefele, Ulrich; Schaffner, Ellen; Moller, Jens; Wigfield, Allan – Reading Research Quarterly, 2012
This review of research examines the constructs of reading motivation and synthesizes research findings of the past 20 years on the relationship between reading motivation and reading behavior (amount, strategies, and preferences), and the relationship between reading motivation and reading competence (reading skills and comprehension). In…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Qualitative Research, Reading Motivation, Literature Reviews