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Language and Literacy Education

University of Northern Iowa

Series

2013

Reading promotion; Motivation in education; Academic achievement; Learning

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A Need For Motivation : Increasing Engagement To Bolster Success, Libbie M. Willert Jan 2013

A Need For Motivation : Increasing Engagement To Bolster Success, Libbie M. Willert

Graduate Research Papers

Educators want to create a sustained, life-long reader in their students. This overview of the literature will share with educators valuable insight into how increasing motivation and student engagement will help create more involved readers. Key themes in the literature include: increasing literacy motivation, increasing literacy engagement, and applying thoughtful literacy practices. This review will also highlight several helpful strategies on how educators in today's classrooms can help increase student motivation and engagement related to literacy.