Date of Award
5-2025
Culminating Project Type
Starred Paper
Styleguide
apa
Degree Name
Information Media - Library Media: M.S.
Department
Information Media
College
School of Education
First Advisor
Jennifer Hill
Second Advisor
Michael Dando
Third Advisor
Steven Kline
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
choice reading, middle grades, diversity and inclusion, reader motivation
Abstract
This starred paper provides an overview of known research relating to reader motivation and comprehension in the middle grades as well as detailing a mixed methods study done in a middle school seeking to understand how reader choice and motivation impacts comprehension.
Recommended Citation
Bitz, Sydney, "Choice and Text Diversity: Impact on Reader Motivation" (2025). Culminating Projects in Information Media. 57.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/im_etds/57
