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Aker, Don – Journal of Reading, 1992
Describes how a high school English teacher's belief that text contains a single, unchanging meaning evolved to an understanding that students create their own meanings through their own experiences. Discusses ways he tried (with mixed success) to provide students with the opportunity to bring their own experience to their reading. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Reading, English Instruction, High Schools

Holbrook, Hilary Taylor – Journal of Reading, 1987
Explores briefly the New Criticism that dominated literature instruction until recently and then provides an overview of reader response theory and how response approaches can be used in the classroom to enhance reading. (NKA)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Discussion (Teaching Technique), English Curriculum, Literary Criticism

Henk, William A.; Helfeldt, John P. – Journal of Reading, 1987
Explains why proficient readers may find it difficult to understand written directions. Indicates direct instructional strategies for helping such readers handle procedural text independently. (NKA)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Functional Reading, Modeling (Psychology), Reader Text Relationship