College Students' Reading Motivation

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Thirteen
  In Roundtable Session: Faculty Studying Student Learning (Table 8)

Abstract

A total of 1,437 (533 male and 904 female) college students across interdisciplinary areas voluntarily participated in the study by completing a self-reported survey. Two major research questions were addressed in this study. The first question investigated American college students’ reading motivation by the Motivation for Reading Questionnaire (MRQ) variables. The second question asked what variables influence American college students’ motivation to read. Descriptive analysis indicated that the mean scores of the extrinsic motivation scale (3.07) were higher than those of intrinsic motivation (3.05), self-efficacy (3.04) and social motivation (2.35) scales. A multiple linear regression statistical analysis confirmed that gender, age, classification, grade, race, and primary language were significant factors in college students’ motivation to read.

Author

• Suhua Huang, Midwestern State University
  Presenting Author