Reading Motivation: The Engagement Model Of Reading Development

Fig. 11. Engagement Model of Reading Development (Guthrie, 2004, p.5)

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4.2. Motivational Aspects in Reading Reading motivation incorporates pivotal attributes (interest, perceived control, self-efficacy, involvement, and social collaboration) that represent the foundations of internal reading motivation. The interrelation between these constructs was empirically identified in Guthrie et al.’s (2007) study when they examined fifth graders’ reading motivation and reading comprehension growth. They found significant correlations between them. Accordingly,

In all likelihood, interest is to play a powerful role in the early stages of reading developments, vis-à-vis individual interest that becomes more dominant when individuals develop competence in a specific area. Alexander (2005) further affirmed that individually interested readers display an internal stimulation towards the reading task at hand. Furthermore, Schiefele, (2009) clearly established that individual interest, situational interest, and intrinsic motivation are strongly

(2007) recorded participants’ responses to a reading motivation interview to prove that students who were highly interested in reading indicated positive affect towards books, preferences in reading, and utilized statements of pleasure for reading. They were even able to recall, describe clearly, and elaborate the books they read before. The least interested participants, on the other hand, disclosed the absence of reading interest to the interviewees as they said that they did not have favourite books or authors, and that they prioritized some other different activities over reading. The results of this study suggested that high interest in reading embraces positive affects towards reading, high comprehension, well recall of information, and organization of information in memory. In encompassing divergent findings, Taboada et al. (2009) presumed that interest positively correlates with cognitive