Motivation and its relationship with reading achievement in an urban middle school.

From: The Journal of Educational Research | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Through the perspective of self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2002; Ryan & Deci, 2000), the authors explore motivation to read in an urban middle school. Self-determination theory (SDT) provides a research-based perspective of motivation, especially motivation related to school, and to literacy growth in particular. SDT emphasizes the central importance of each individual's need for personal development and self-regulation. Although researchers have conducted extensive investigations of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in school contexts (Deci & Ryan; Hatter, 1981), ...

<.05). The effect of intrinsic motivation on reading achievement was not statistically different from zero for the Hispanic group. This suggested that intrinsic motivation had a greater positive impact on reading achievement for Asian students than for Hispanic students. The effect of extrinsic motivation on reading motivation was also slightly different for Hispanic students (standardized path coefficient = -.21, p>

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