Children's Understanding of Story Characters.

Emery, Donna W.

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ERIC Number: EJ459203

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Children's Understanding of Story Characters.

Emery, Donna W.

Reading Improvement, v29 n1 p2-9 Spr 1992

Finds that fourth graders were more likely than fifth and sixth graders to understand story characters in terms of immediate situation rather than overall story context and in terms of individual perspectives rather than social relationships. Finds that adults differ from fifth and sixth graders in the same way. (SR)

Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Social Cognition, Story Reading, Student Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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