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    • 36 sites? Here again, important factors for practical use is evident ranging from potential for impact, the type of project suited to the audience and match of skill with the project. The male participants tended to chose sites where they felt that...
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    • Identifying and Motivating Reluctant Fifth Grade Readers: Using Positive Reading Opportunities to Encourage Intrinsic Reading Enjoyment A Thesis submitted to Southern Utah University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree...
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    • i Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ....................................................................................................................1 Chapter 2: Literature Review...
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    • 3 • What effects do positive reading experiences have on unmotivated and apathetical readers who are currently scoring at or near benchmark levels on reading assessments? • Can participating in positive reading interventions and learning...
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    • 17 Motivating Reluctant Readers Finding the “magic potion” to motivate engagement in a young reader is important. “Learning requires active student engagement in classroom activities and interaction—engaged students are motivated for...
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    • 18 measured as the ability to understand narrative and expository text, shown in a national sample of students (Campbell, Voelkl, & Donahue, 1997). At all three ages studied (9,13, and 17 years), the more highly engaged readers showed higher...
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    • 24 Book Clubs An effective activity geared at motivating aliterate and apathetical readers is participation in a learning club, specifically book clubs (sometimes referred to as literature circles). Guthrie and Anderson suggest, “In our (reading)...
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    • 25 personal and focused than general classroom whole-group instruction, or even differentiated small-group instruction during the regular classroom hours. Rich book-centered discussions can be brilliant motivators for readers. These discussions...
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    • SOCIAL THINKING INTERVENTIONS 27 term development of social communicative behavior and expand the developmental gap between these children and their typical peers (para 1). Growing evidence in research literature has shown that children with autism...
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    • 28 Educators have a huge effect on student motivation. Enthusiasm can help undo years and years of self-perceived failure. Demos and Foshay have reflected on the importance of the teacher’s role in modeling reading enthusiasm. Since disengagement...
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    • 34 Participants and Setting Those who were impacted by the creation of this project were elementary teachers and students at Eagle Elementary School. A specific emphasis was placed toward third-grade, fourth-grade, and fifth-grade teachers, as well...
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    • 35 and aliterate (students who can read, but choose not to) readers. A complete log of events was kept to record activities related to the creative project. All materials have been properly compiled and organized for review as part of this study,...
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    • 59 Design While other book clubs have been formed and based on the premise of drawing on intrinsic reading motivation rather than relying on the reward of trinkets, candy, or similar prizes, this creative project had some unique characteristics...
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    • Emotions in Conflict 57 In this particular situation, Mindy expressed a feeling of helplessness and being on her own. Because the parents were not acknowledging her autonomy and respecting her decisions, she reported that the resolution in this...
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    • 67 Book Club Attendance Data Book club attendance data was a strong indicator of student commitment to this project. With the exception of one student (S7), the participants were very diligent and conscientious with meeting attendance. Due to a...
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    • Emotions in Conflict 63 Ashley reported having a different perspective on this subject. She explained that when her status is ignored by parents, it actually motivates her to try harder. Because of this, she said, "I don’t know if overall it...
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    • 75 Guthrie, J.T., (2001). Contexts for engagement and motivation in reading. Reading Online, 4(8). Retrieved from: http://www.readingonline.org/articles/handbook/guthrie/ Guthrie, J.T., Wigfield, A. Metsala, J.L, & Cox, K. E. (1999) Motivational...
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    • Employee Giving 25 the participation levels grow and I was extremely gratified to see colleagues going above and beyond my own expectations in their level of participation. I did significant follow through with my own team reminding them to...
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    • Fishback Intern 7 Introduction The main goals and objectives for the Salem Hills baseball program are to develop each baseball player individually and to build strong team unity skills overall. Through organizing and overseeing these...
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