Literacy Studies

INTRODUCTION: Motivation: Introduction to the Theory, Concepts, and Research, Paulina S. Arango.- PART I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES: CURRENT ISSUES ON BOYS' AND GIRLS' READING ACHIEVEMENT AND MOTIVATION.- The Consequential Effects of Misinterpretations and Misrepresentations on Boys' and Girls' Reading Achievement and Motivation, Linda M. Phillips, Karen Loerke, and Denyse Hayward.- Contextual Influences on Girls' and Boys' Motivation and Reading Achievement: Family, Schoomates, and Country, Ming Ming Chiu.- The Influence of Instructional Practices on Reading Motivation in Finland, Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen.- To What Extent is Reading Motivation a Significant Predictor of Reading Achievement when Controlling for Language and Cognitive Ability? A Systematic Review, Pelusa Orellana Garcia.- PART II: FIELD STUDIES.- Young Children's Motivation to Engage in Social Aspects of Reading, Linda B. Gambrell, Katherine Corbett, Koti Hubbard, Lorraine A. Jacques, and Leslie Roberts.- Reading Motivation and Achievement among Chilean Boys and Girls in Grades 3, 4, and 5: An Exploration of Results and Pedagogical Implications, Pelusa Orellana Garcia and Paula Baldwin Lind.- A Mixed-Methods Study to Investigate Chinese Students' Reading Motivation in Taiwan, Suhua Huang.- Boys' and Girls' Reading Skills and Attitudes during the First Six School Years, Tuula Merisuo-Storm and Juli-Ann Aerila.- PART III: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO READING MOTIVATION.- Literacy Achievement and Motivation Reconsidered: Linking Home and School Literate Practices for Struggling Adolescent Males, William Brozo.- Curricular Materials for Young People Who Struggle with Learning to Read: The Case of the Roadrunner Reader Inquiry Kits, Misty Sailors, Alicia Villarreal, Paul A. Schutz, Teresa Sellers, Marcy Wilburn, and Sylvia Minton.- Teaching Today the Readers of Tomorrow, Liliana Borrero Botero.- CONCLUSION, Pelusa Orellana Garcia and Paula Baldwin Lind.