The Path to Competence: A Lifespan Developmental Perspective on Reading

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The Impact of Reading Self-Efficacy and Task Value on Reading Comprehension Scores in Different Item Formats (2011, background): “Another example of a theory of reading development in which motivation plays an important part is Alexander’s model of domain learning (Alexander, 2005). A key concept of motivation research is readers’ sense that they have the capability to read effectively. This stems from Bandura’s (1997) notion ”
From “What is Reading?” to What is Literacy? (2016, background): “…and fluency) early on, we must learn to read all over again each time we take on a new, and often narrower, discipline (e.g., moving from science to biology to micro-biology) because we will encounter new genres, text structures, discourse practices, and explanatory practices (Alexander, 2005).”
Reading Into the Future: Competence for the 21st Century (2012, background): “…the MDL, and as captured in the description of our 12th grader engaged in history/social studies texts, competence entails a certain configuration of knowledge, strategies, and personal interest that is not typically witnessed among those just gaining a foothold in reading (Alexander, 2003, 2005).”