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Good reading skills are a prerequisite for success in education, at work and in everyday life, Moreover, reading engagement and good reading strategies are key factors in achieving such skills. Reading engagement certainly has an immediate influence on students´ reading ability, and it might predict to what extent students will read in the future, and thus influence their learning success in life. Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the United States shows that adolescents who identified themselves as being interested in reading achieved better scores on the tests, and they had better high school averages than students who were less interested in reading (Donahue et al. 2003).
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Roe, A. (2016). Students’ Perspectives on Reading Instruction and Reading Engagement. In: Klette, K., Bergem, O., Roe, A. (eds) Teaching and Learning in Lower Secondary Schools in the Era of PISA and TIMSS. Professional Learning and Development in Schools and Higher Education, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17302-3_6
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