Assessing Adolescents' Motivation to Read

Autor/inn/en	Pitcher, Sharon M.; Albright, Lettie K.; DeLaney, Carol J.; Walker, Nancy T.; Seunarinesingh, Krishna; Mogge, Stephen; Headley, Kathy N.; Ridgeway, Victoria Gentry; Peck, Sharon; Hunt, Rebecca; Dunston, Pamela J.
Titel	Assessing Adolescents' Motivation to Read
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 50 (2007) 5, S.378-396 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1081-3004
DOI	10.1598/JAAL.50.5.5
Schlagwörter	Profiles; Literature Appreciation; Adolescents; Literacy; Reading Motivation; Measures (Individuals); Surveys; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Reading Attitudes; Middle Schools; High Schools; Trinidad and Tobago; United States; Motivation to Read Profile + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Literarische Wertung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Lesemotivation; Messdaten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Reading behavior; Rading behaviour; Leseverhalten; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; Oberschule; Trinidad und Tobago; USA
Abstract	A team of researchers revised the Motivation to Read Profile for use with adolescents. Instruments to assess adolescents' in- and out-of-school reading motivations were administered. A survey adapted for adolescents was administered to 384 teens at eight sites throughout the United States and Trinidad, and 100 students were interviewed using a revised instrument designed to capture the real reading of adolescents today. The teens were asked questions about fiction, expository, and computer-based reading materials; about what instruction in school motivated them to read; and in which classes was the reading material most difficult. Results revealed that student experiences with academic reading and writing did not match their interests and needs. The authors offer many recommendations for how students' preferred types of reading and instruction can be used in middle school and high school classrooms. (Contains 6 figures.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10