Review
"Great Book! Very comprehensive and reader friendly!" --
Stephanie Gaddy, Lincoln College, Lincoln, IL"I am so pleased to see a book (finally) that looks closely at motivation. Bravo!" --
Margaret Morgan, Ph.D., Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY
From the Back Cover
Motivating students to read is a top priority for many classroom teachers, yet research in the area of motivation has not always been readily available to literacy educators, "Reading Engagement" provides an interpretation of the available research on motivation and describes motivational approaches in classroom contexts.
Drawing on the professional literature of many fields, this volume will help teacher educators, researchers, and graduate students understand the research literature on motivation and use it in their efforts to enhance children's literacy development. Chapters in the first section of the book cover such diverse topics as children's motivations for reading, teacher perceptions, reading efficacy, and motivational development. The second section focuses on classroom contexts for promoting reading engagement and gives instructional frameworks, classroom contexts for promoting reading engagement and gives instructional frameworks, examples of successful programs, and classroom strategies to increase student motivation.
Editors Guthrie and Wigfield and the other educational experts whose work appears in "Reading Engagement" make a significant contribution to the timely and important issue of motivating students to read.
