| Autor: |
Clive Coleman BSC(Hons) Sydney, Laurel Bornholt BA(Hons) Melb., PhD Macq, Maps |
| Rok vydání: |
2003 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities. 8:24-31 |
| ISSN: |
1324-8928 |
| DOI: |
10.1080/19404150309546727 |
| Popis: |
This project examined the personal and the social basis of children's self‐concepts about reading. Study 1 [N= 55] was a correlational study. Results suggest a stronger personal than social basis for children's self‐concepts about reading. In particular, children made stronger comparisons among content areas than gender groups. Study 2 [N= 18] was an intervention study. The focus was on the personal basis of self‐concepts, for children with reading difficulties. Results showed that self‐concepts were responsive to the intervention, with associated change in task choices. Findings support a self‐categorization approach to understanding children's self‐concepts, and imply that this approach would be useful in motivating children about reading. Reading is regarded as integral to general living skills and is central to children's learning across many areas of schooling. This means that we need to understand more about the self‐concepts that motivate children to take up and persist with reading activi... |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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