Reading motivation and reading comprehension growth in the later elementary years

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 282-313

  Guthrie, John T ^a   Hoa, A Laurel W ^a   Wigfield, Allan ^a   Tonks, Stephen M ^a   Humenick, Nicole M ^a   Littles, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

General motivation; Motivation constructs; Reading comprehension; Reading motivation; Situated motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249663849     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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