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Reading Online, "Contexts for Engagement and Motivation in Reading"
by John T. Guthrie

This article is drawn from a chapter authored by Guthrie and Allan Wiflied for the Handbok of Reading Research: Volume III (Kamil, Mosenthal, Pearson, and Barr, 2000). The text reviews motivation research and instructional contexts for engagement.

"Dimensions of Children’s Motivations for Reading: An Initial Study"
by Allan Wigfield and John T. Guthrie, University of Maryland

The authors of this scholarly article discuss the development of a questionnaire measure of motivations for reading.

"Motivating Low Performing Adolescent Readers"
by Norma Decker Collins
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English,
and Communication Digest #112

This articles presents strategies for helping students at the secondary level become lifelong learners and readers.

'"Tell the Lady What You Like:" Shopping for Children’s Books'
by Terri Schmitz
The Horn Book Magazine
March/April 1997

Terri Schmitz, owner of a children’s book store, shares guidelines for choosing books in a bookstore, as opposed to a library. Tips include: take your time, trust yourself, listen to your child, step back, and relax.

"Unlucky Arithmetic, Thirteen Ways to Raise a Nonreader"
by Dean Schneider and Robin Smith
The Horn Book Magazine
March/April 2001

Schneider and Smith have provided a hilarious list of anti-reading tips. Turn each one around and you’ll have a great list of what to do to motivate young readers.

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