Children's motivation for reading: domain specificity and instructional influences. From: The Journal of Educational Research | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Guthrie, John T.; Perencevich, Kathleen C.; Tonks, Stephen; Wigfield, Allan | COPYRIGHT 2004 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Over the last 15 years, researchers who studied children's reading increasingly have become interested in children's motivation to read, along with the cognitive skills required to read well (see Guthrie & Wigfield, 2000; Paris, Wasik, & Turner, 1991; Turner, 1995; Wigfield & Guthrie, 1997). Because reading is an effortful activity that often involves choice, motivation is crucial to reading engagement. Motivation theorists attempt to understand the choices that individuals make am...

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