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Gender differences in adolescents' academic motivation and classroom behaviour (2013)
Journal Article
Bugler, M., McGeown, S. P., & St Clair-Thompson, H. (2015). Gender differences in adolescents' academic motivation and classroom behaviour. Educational psychology, 35(5), 541-556. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2013.849325

© 2013 Taylor & Francis. The present study investigated gender differences in adolescents’ academic motivation and classroom behaviour and gender differences in the extent to which motivation was associated with, and predicted, classroom behaviour.... Read More about Gender differences in adolescents' academic motivation and classroom behaviour.

Predicting children’s reading comprehension : an analysis of cognitive skills and motivational factors (2013)
Thesis
Gray, E. A. (2013). Predicting children’s reading comprehension : an analysis of cognitive skills and motivational factors. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215972

Extensive research has been carried out to examine the cognitive skills and motivational variables that influence reading comprehension. However, there are substantially fewer studies which have examined the influence of cognitive skills and motivati... Read More about Predicting children’s reading comprehension : an analysis of cognitive skills and motivational factors.

Towards an understanding of how children read and spell irregular words: the role of nonword and orthographic processing skills (2013)
Journal Article
Johnston, R., McGeown, S., & Moxon, G. E. (2014). Towards an understanding of how children read and spell irregular words: the role of nonword and orthographic processing skills. Journal of Research in Reading, 37(1), 51-64. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrir.12007

This study examined, in 180 children aged from 6 to 9years, to what extent irregular word reading and spelling were predicted by vocabulary knowledge, reading frequency, orthographic processing and nonword reading skill. Consistent with models of rea... Read More about Towards an understanding of how children read and spell irregular words: the role of nonword and orthographic processing skills.