Beyond Cognition: Reading Motivation and Reading Comprehension

In this article, we review research on children's motivation to read and its relation to their reading comprehension. We begin by discussing work on the development of school motivation in general and reading motivation in particular, reviewing studies showing that many children's motivati...

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Published in:Child development perspectives 2016-09, Vol.10 (3), p.190-195
Main Authors: Wigfield, Allan, Gladstone, Jessica R., Turci, Lara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Children & youth
Classrooms
Cognition
Comprehension
Ethnicity
Motivation
Reading
reading cognition
Reading comprehension
Researchers
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Summary:In this article, we review research on children's motivation to read and its relation to their reading comprehension. We begin by discussing work on the development of school motivation in general and reading motivation in particular, reviewing studies showing that many children's motivation to read declines over the school years. Motivation to read tends to differ by gender—with girls motivated more positively to read than boys. It also differs by ethnicity, in more complex ways. Over the last 15 years, researchers have identified instructional practices that boost students' motivation to read and their reading comprehension. Researchers should build on this work by developing and studying programs among children of different ages to identify effective classroom‐based instructional approaches that motivate reading and use a variety of narrative and informational materials.
ISSN:1750-8592
1750-8606
DOI:10.1111/cdep.12184