Exploring the Relationship between Reading Motivation and Reading Comprehension
A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102). This special issue belongs to the section "Education and Psychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 1665
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Motivation to read is a critical contributor to reading comprehension and can explain unique variance in comprehension that cognitive variables cannot. Past research and meta-analyses have indicated time and again that these two variables are at least moderately related. However, that relationship is complicated. First, the relationship may be stronger or weaker depending on how one operationalizes and measures reading motivation. Second, the relationship may be partly explained by mediating variables, such as frequency of reading. Third, variables such as grade level, gender identity, and learning disabilities may moderate the relationship. Finally, there have been questions regarding the directionality of this relationship, which has been examined through longitudinal analysis.
Although we already know quite a bit about the relationship between these variables, there is still more to learn. Therefore, this is a call for manuscripts that detail original research that builds upon these past findings to bring new insights into the relationship between these two variables.
Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Examination of mediating variables explaining the relationship between reading motivation and comprehension.
- Examination of variables moderating the relationship between reading motivation and comprehension.
- Comparison of the strength of relationship between multiple constructs of reading motivation with comprehension.
- Examination of the relationship between reading motivation and comprehension for understudied populations.
- Longitudinal studies examining how the relationship changes over time.
Tentative completion schedule:
Abstract submission deadline: 31 July 2023
Notification of abstract acceptance: 31 August 2023
Full manuscript deadline: 31 December 2023
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Marcia Davis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- reading motivation
- comprehension
- longitudinal analysis
- mediating variables
- moderating variables
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