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Peer reviewedEvanechko, Peter; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1973
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Linguistic Competence, Reading Achievement, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedHumes, Ann – Research in the Teaching of English, 1978
Documents a model that resulted from an analysis of context clues to determine which were amenable to instruction and what pedagogical approach should be used. (DD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedRosenblatt, Louise M. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1985
The usages of transaction and interaction are differentiated as reflections of differing paradigms, the transactional theory of reading is disassociated from information processing and interactive processing, and the implications for research of various concepts basic to the total transactional theory of reading are discussed. (HOD)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Ethnography, Interaction
Peer reviewedGarner, Ruth; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1985
Given the existing literature on text summarization that documents what learners, particularly younger learners, cannot do, a study was designed to assess what fifth-grade students can do. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedCoomber, James E. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1975
Students have been taught to recall specific details, but often are unable to read critically or to grasp the main ideas. (JH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen, Discourse Analysis, Educational Research
Peer reviewedMiall, David S. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1985
Examines the use of the repertory grid technique to describe student responses to the poem "Frost at Midnight" by Coleridge. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English Instruction, English Literature, Higher Education
Peer reviewedReadence, John E.; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1983
Investigates the hypothesis that, in the case of individual similes, bits of lexical information, or word knowledge, are predictably and absolutely essential to the resolution of similes. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Figurative Language, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedHynds, Susan D. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1985
Explores the role of interpersonal cognitive complexity in the character impressions, story comprehension, response preferences, and literary attitudes of eleventh grade students. Results suggest that interpersonal cognitive complexity predisposes readers toward complex perceptions of literary characters. (HOD)
Descriptors: Characterization, Cognitive Processes, Grade 11, High School Students
Peer reviewedBirnbaum, June Cannell – Research in the Teaching of English, 1982
Investigates both the reading and writing behaviors of eight good readers and writers in order to identify shared cognitive-linguistic patterns that might mark both processes, developmental differences between the age groups, and patterns of academic and nonacademic influences on the writing. (HOD)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Age Differences, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedBeach, Richard; Wendler, Linda – Research in the Teaching of English, 1987
Compares inferences about story characters' behavior, perceptions, and goals made by eighth graders, eleventh graders, college freshmen, and college seniors. Concludes that from early adolescence to young adulthood, readers shift from conceptions of characters in terms of immediate surface feelings and behaviors to conceptions in terms of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Characterization, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
