Children's Motivation for Reading: Domain Specificity and Instructional Influences

• DOI: 10.3200/joer.97.6.299-310
• Publication Date: 2007-04-12T14:48:49Z
• Authors: Allan Wigfield; John T. Guthrie; Stephen Tonks; Kathleen C. Peren...
• Keywords: Reading motivation

The authors discuss the nature and domain specificity of reading motivation present initial results that examined how 2 instructional programs, Concept Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) multiple Strategy (SI), influenced 3rd-grade children's intrinsic to read self-efficacy. Each program occurred during fall school year lasted 12 weeks. Approximately 150 children participated in CORI; 200 SI. Results pre- posttest analyses responses a questionnaire showed self-efficacy increased only CORI group.