Poster #15 - Diggin' Deeper: Understanding the Reading and Motivation Profiles of Marginalized Nonproficient Readers

• In Event: 15.062 - MTCC Poster Session One
  In Poster Session: 15.062-2 - Contemporary Issues in Motivation Research Models of Motivation: Theoretical and Applied Advances

Abstract

With the continued emphasis on accountability for students, schools are working to increase the reading academic performance of their non-proficient students. Many remedial approaches fail to identify the individual strengths and weaknesses and tend to treat these students with a singular remedial focus on word identification (Allington, 2001). In this quantitative study, we explore the reading and motivational patterns present with elementary non-proficient readers representing marginalized groups often not included with large percentages in existing research. Results highlight the need to include motivation as a key component when attempting to better understand non-proficient readers. Additionally, the results emphasize the need to dig deeper to examine preferred motivators.

Authors

• HIawatha D Smith, University of Wisconsin - River Falls

• Samuel D. Miller, University of North Carolina - Greensboro