Stephen M. Tonks

North Park University — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

13h-index2.7kcitations33works2.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Education, Achievement, and Giftedness(10), Reading and Literacy Development(9), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies(9), Education and Critical Thinking Development(4), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods(3)

Publications33 total

Expectancy–value beliefs as predictors of positive–valence emotions and their variation across academic tracks in high school Physics
Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física·2026Open Access
Testing the model of a proficient academic reader (PAR) in a postsecondary context
Reading and Writing·2024· 4 cited
Early Academic Success in College: Examining the Contributions of Reading Literacy Skills, Metacognitive Reading Strategies, and Reading Motivation
Journal of College Reading and Learning·2022· 28 cited
Applying Evidence‐Centered Design in the Development of a Multidimensional Adaptive Reading Motivation Measure
Educational Measurement Issues and Practice·2021· 1 cited
How situational competence beliefs and task value relate to inference strategies and comprehension during reading
Learning and Individual Differences·2021· 13 cited
A computer adaptive measure of reading motivation
Journal of Research in Reading·2020· 14 cited
Exploring Proficient Academic Reading
2020
Testing the inference mediation hypothesis in a post-secondary context
Contemporary Educational Psychology·2020· 22 cited
Testing the Inference Mediation Hypothesis in a Post-Secondary Context.
Grantee Submission·2020
A Computer Adaptive Measure of Reading Motivation.
Grantee Submission·2020
Confirmation of the Factor Structure of an Autonomous Reading Motivation Measure for Middle School Students
Proceedings of the 2019 AERA Annual Meeting·2019Open Access
A review of reading motivation scales
Reading Psychology·2018· 65 cited
A Review of Reading Motivation Scales.
Grantee Submission·2018· 3 cited
Student engagement as a function of environmental complexity in high school classrooms
Learning and Instruction·2016· 254 citedOpen Access
Development of Reading Autonomy Measures for U.S. Middle School Students
PsycEXTRA Dataset·2016
Beyond success: The potential of imbuing memories with task value.
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition·2015· 1 cited
Developing Self-Regulated Readers through Instruction for Reading Engagement
2015· 29 cited
The Impact of the Learning Environment on Student Engagement in High School Classrooms
Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education·2014· 27 cited
PB-006 Predicting Adolescent Reading Achievement from Self-Efficacy, Autonomy, and Grit
The Japanese Association of Educational Psychology·2013· 1 cited
Elementary School Students' Emotions and Motivations Toward High-Stakes Tests
PsycEXTRA Dataset·2011
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Allan Wigfield(7), John T. Guthrie(6), Marcia H. Davis(6), Michael F. Hock(5), Karyn Higgs(5), Alecia M. Santuzzi(5), Ana Taboada(4), Joseph P. Magliano(4), Tenaha O’Reilly(4), John Sabatini(4), Ryan D. Kopatich(4), Kathleen C. Perencevich(3), Daniel Feller(3), Neal M. Kingston(3), Gail C. Tiemann(3), A. Laurel W. Hoa(2), Nicole M. Humenick(2), Erin Littles(2), David J. Shernoff(2), Brett Anderson(2)