Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Date of Award
12-2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
First Advisor
Dr. Janine M. Schall
Second Advisor
Dr. Michael Guerrero
Third Advisor
Dr. Hilda Medrano
Abstract
This single subject qualitative case study investigated the impact interest had on reading motivation for a struggling Mexican American adolescent reader from the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas. Moreover, the study’s findings found several factors that impacted the subject’s motivation to read; factors which impacted the subject’s reading motivation were associated with his home and school life environment, his attitudes towards literacy activities, and the teaching and learning engagements which occurred throughout the study.
Granting Institution
University of Texas-Pan American
Comments
Copyright 2012 Abelardo Lopez Jr. All Rights Reserved.
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