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Neuman, Susan B. – American Educator, 2010
In this article, the author talks about "Developing Early Literacy," the report of the National Early Literacy Panel. The panel, which consisted of nine experts, was convened by the National Institute for Literacy to synthesize the research on the development of literacy from birth through age 5. Over the eight years of their work, only 190…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Educational Research, Synthesis, Meta Analysis
de Cosson, Alex – 2000
This paper considers one researcher's challenge of marking his progress in reading/studying Jacques Derrida's "Aporias" (1993) by what he calls the continual hermeneutic of making meaning. The paper places the "Aporias" reading in the setting of a weekly research group whose research cycle was creating meaning in and out of the…
Descriptors: Hermeneutics, Interpretive Skills, Reader Text Relationship, Research Methodology
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Harrison, Colin; Gough, Philip B. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1996
Presents a "conversation" (only slightly redrafted versions of first-and-final electronic communications) on the concept of "compellingness" in reading research (the conditions under which readers come to believe what an author writes). Draws on the authors' reading in logic, literary theory, mathematics, and the philosophy of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Research
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Roller, Cathy M. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1990
Reviews research on the effects of world knowledge and text structure variables on reading comprehension. Concludes that text structure variables exert influence only when the subject matter is moderately unfamiliar and are redundant in reading familiar or very difficult material. Suggests knowledge and structure variables should be manipulated…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Prior Learning, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension
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Otto, Wayne – Journal of Reading, 1988
Notes the weakness of comprehension assessment as it occurs in standardized tests and exercise books, and reports on a new approach which views reading as a constructive process that results from a complex set of interactions between reader and texts. (NH)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Testing, Educational Theories, Reader Text Relationship
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Kalmbach, James R. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Reviews current approaches to the assessment of the great variety of retellings encountered by teacher and tutor. Proposes a set of three criteria by which teachers can judge whether approaches to retellings developed by researchers are likely to be useful in classroom settings. (JK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Instruction
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Schmitt, Maribeth Cassidy; O'Brien, David G. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1986
Examines some of the intentions that guided research into story structure, considers some of the validity problems inherent in the research, and outlines some flaws in instructional practices resulting from misinterpretations of it. Concludes with some suggestions for using story structures as a teaching tool. (FL)
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Lule, Jack – 1987
Defining myth as a cultural narrative in symbolic form that articulates a world view and offers consensus with that view, this paper uses a brief "New York Times" report on the Soviet shooting down of South Korean airline flight 007 as the basis for comparison of international news and myth. Following a review of the literature on myth…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Cultural Context, International Studies, Mass Media Effects
Lenzo, Kate – 1994
This paper addresses questions of validity, textual authority, and the rhetorical handling of the researcher-as-self by examining current thinking on poststructural approaches in the work of Patti Lather and Laurel Richardson. The first section introduces the idea of inquiry validity as an "incitement to discourse," a view which changes…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Experimenter Characteristics, Higher Education, Participant Observation