Good-Enough Reading: Momentum and Accuracy in the Reading of Complex Fiction.

Mackey, Margaret

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Publication Date: 1997

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Good-Enough Reading: Momentum and Accuracy in the Reading of Complex Fiction.

Mackey, Margaret

Research in the Teaching of English, v31 n4 p428-58 Dec 1997

Describes one element of the reading act as it operates in time--how "good-enough" readers of complex fiction strike a personal balance between the need for momentum and the need for accountability to the text. Draws from protocols provided by 33 readers, from eighth grade to Ph.D. level, following two readings of a novel. (PA)

Descriptors: Critical Reading, Fiction, Higher Education, Protocol Analysis, Reading Processes, Reading Rate, Reading Research, Secondary Education

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Language: English

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