Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

Korean Association of Child Studies (한국아동학회)
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Children's Reading Motivation : Effects of Grade in School and School Reading Environment

아동의 읽기 동기에 대한 학년과 학교 읽기 환경의 영향력

  • 김명순 (연세대학교 아동가족학과) ;
  • 김미영 (연세대학교 교육대학원 유아교육전공) ;
  • 이유진 (삼육대학교 유아교육과)
  • Received : 2007.04.30
  • Accepted : 2007.07.25
  • Published : 2007.08.01
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Abstract

Subjects of this study on reading motivation were 300 2nd, 4th, and 6th grade elementary school children. Instruments were the Motivation for Reading Questionnaire (Wigfield and Guthrie 1997; Kwun, 2002) and a School Reading Environment questionnaire developed by the researcher. Results showed that (1) the school reading environment (SRE) of 2nd graders was better than the SRE of 4th and 6th graders. (2) The reading motivation (RM) of 2nd graders was higher than the RM of 4th graders on external purposes; the RM of 4th graders was higher than 6th graders on self-efficacy and social interaction. (3) RM correlated positively with all aspects of SRE. (4) RM was affected by grade in school followed by school library environment and classroom library environment.

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