Key Takeaways:

Researchers have identified five key factors that play in important role in developing reading motivation in students. Their studies show that by focusing on these factors in the classroom, teachers are able to promote more engaged, positive reading associations. These factors are as follows:

• Student self-concept : the beliefs student's have about their own abilities, which in turn the choices they make and the effort they decide to put forth
• Choice: allowing students control over the reading materials and literacy tasks
• Read aloud and discussion: teachers modeling reading behaviors and strategies, and increasing student opportunity to take an active role in learning and understanding texts
• Balanced book collections: providing a variety of genres, to include non-traditional books (magazines, comic books, etc.)
• Incentives for reading: provide reading related awards for completed literary tasks: for example, free books or increased library time