Motivation for Reading: Individual, Home, Textual, and Classroom Perspectives: A Special Issue of Educational Psychologist (Paperback)

Contents: A. Wigfield, J.T. Guthrie, Motivation for Reading: An Overview. A. Wigfield, Reading Motives: A Domain-Specific Approach to Motivation. L. Baker, D. Scher, K. Mackler, Home and Family Influences on Motivations for Reading. P.A. Alexander, Knowledge Seeking and Self-Schema: A Case for the Motivational Dimensions of Exposition. J.T. Guthrie, S. Alao, Designing Contexts to Increase Motivations for Reading. S. Thomas, P. Oldfather, Intrinsic Motivation, Literacy, and Assessment Practices: "That's My Grade. That's Me." B.L. McCombs, Commentary: Reflections on Motivations for Reading -- Through the Looking Glass of Theory, Practice, and Reader Experiences.