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Further reading
- Campbell JR Voelkl KE Donahue PL (1997) NAEP 1996 trends in academic progress Washington DC US Department of Education
- Guthrie JT Wigfield A (2000) Engagement and motivation in reading in: M. L. Kamil, P. B. Mosenihal, P. D., Pearson & R. Barr (Eds) Handbook of research in reading: volume III Hillsdale NJ Lawrence Erlbaum
- Sainsbury , M and Schagen , I . (2004) . Attitudes to reading in the upper primary school . Journal of Research in Reading , 27 (4) : 373 – 386 .
- Shen , C . (2002) . Revisiting the relationship between students' achievement and their self‐perceptions: a cross‐national analysis based on TIMSS 1999 data . Assessment in Education , 9 (2) : 161 – 184 .