Figure 1

Adolescent Motivation to Read Profile reading survey

Name:_J_rl-"_~------------ Date: 10/ti/2.'L

Sample 1: I am in __ °\
--1.----- 4. My best friends think reading is _ _ _ _ __
0 Sixth grade 0 really fun
0 Seventh grade
0 Eighth grade
d Ninth grade rs/no fun at all
0 Tenth grade
0 Eleventh grade 5. When I come to a word I don't know, I can
0 Twelfth grade

Sample 2: I am a _ _ N\
__,c..__:'---- always figure it out
sometimes figure it out
:7Female
~Male 0 almost never figure it out
0 never figure it out
Sample 3: My race/ethnicity is _ _ _ _ __
0 African-American 6. I tell my friends about good books I read.
0 Asian/ Asian American r/1 never do this
Caucasian 0 I almost never do this
0 Hispanic 0 I do this some of the time
0 Native American 0 I do this a lot
0 Multi-racial/Multi-ethnic
0 Other: Please specify _ _ _ _ __ 7. When I am reading by myself, I understand

1. My friends think I am _ _ _ _ __
0 almost everything I read
q a very good reader cs/some of what I read
eB a good reader 0 almost none of what I read
0 an OK reader
0 none of what I read
0 a poor reader
8. People who read a lot are _ _ _ _ __
2. R.f acling a book is something I like to do.
0 very interesting
Never
~nteresting
0 Not very often
0 Sometimes 0 not very interesting

0 Often

3. I read _ _ _ _ __ 9. I am _ _ _ _ __
as well as my friends 0/ poor reader
about the same as my friends an OK reader
0 a little better than my friends 0 a good reader
0 a lot better than my friends 0 a very good reader (con tinued)

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 Figure I (continued)
Q Adolescent Motivation to Read Profile reading survey
Date: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Name: _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _

16. As an adult, I will spend _ _ _ _ _ _ ,

10. I think libraries are _ _ _ _ __ 0 pone of my time reading
0 a great place to spend time jg'very little time reading
0 an interesting place to spend time 0 some of my time reading
dan OK place to spend time 0 a lot of my time reading
0 a boring place to spend time
17. When I am in a group talking about what we are
11. I worry about what other kids think about reading, I _ _ _ _ __
my reading _ _ _ _ __
0 Jlmost never talk about my ideas
0 everyday r:J sometimes talk about my ideas
0 ,almost every day 0 almost always talk about my ideas
rJonce in a while 0 always talk about my ideas
0 never
18. I would like for my teachers to read out loud in
12. Knowing how to read well is _ _ _ _ __
my classes _ _ _ _ __
0 not very important
0 everyday
0 sort of important
0 almost every day
0 important
iicince in a while
iJvery important
0 never
13. When my teacher asks me a question about
19. When I read out loud I am a _ _ _ _ __
what I have read, I ______,
0 ,Poor reader
0 / an never think of an answer
r;J have trouble thinking of an answer i!f OKreader
0 good reader
0 sometimes think of an answer
0 very good reader
0 always think of an answer
20. When someone gives me a book for a present, I
14. I think reading is _ _ _ _ __
feel _ _ _ _ __
ga boring way to spend time 0 very happy
an OK way to spend time
0 an interesting way to spend time u/sort of happy
0 sort of unhappy
0 a great way to spend time

15. Reading is _ _ _ _ __
0 y ery easy for me
ll2l'kind of easy for me
0 kind of hard for me
0 very hard for me

Note. Adapted with permission from the Motivation to Read Profile (Gambrell , p aImer, co dling, & Mazzom,· 1996)

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MRP reading survey scoring sheet

Student name _s
~ +~e~v~e~nQ_:[_uz.~jM!l..t:62J0~lL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Q fh Teacher _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Grade_--J-
-1-- - - - - - -- -
Administration date ~o~(;+_!__o~b~e.
~r~t~I'+:~?~0~7:_!:2-::.._______________
Recoding scale
1=4
2=3
3=2
4=1

Self-concept as a reader Value of reading

*recode 1. __3_ 2.L

3. - - 2 *recode 4._i__

*recode 5. _3_ 6. _J__

*recode 7. _3_ *recode 8. ---3_

9. A_ *recode 10. 2
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!

12._!:f_
11. l
13. _b__ 14. _b_

*recode 15. _3__ 16. £

17. 4 *recode 18. _2_

19. ___b_ *recode 20. _3_

SCrawscore: 25 /40 V raw score: 2.1 /40

Full survey raw score (Self-concept & Value): '1' /80

Percentage scores Self-concept h3o/o

Value 53¾
Full survey 58·{
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Comments:---------------------------------

Note. Reprinted with permission from the Motivation to Read Profile (Gambrell, Palmer, Codling, & Mazwni, 1996)

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