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McVee, Mary B.; Dunsmore, Kailonnie; Gavelek, James R. – Review of Educational Research, 2005
During the 1970s, schema theory gained prominence as reading researchers took up early work by cognitive scientists to explore the role of schemas in reading. In the 1980s and '90s, the field shifted as researchers increasingly used sociocultural theories, particularly the work of L. S. Vygotsky, to frame investigations of literacy. This article…
Descriptors: Theories, Reading Research, Reading Processes, Cognitive Processes