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Enger Waller, Rachael J. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In a rural community there is a risk that readers will not find connections to their own lives, which may affect the pleasure gained from reading. The purpose of this qualitative study is to examine the use of literature in a small rural elementary school, focusing on how sociocultural factors affect how students connect to and access literature.…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Constructivism (Learning), Rural Schools, Focus Groups
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Rossi, Jean Pierre – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
One hundred French children in grade five participated in an experiment to determine how the problem frame facilitates comprehension of a problem solution text. Results demonstrate the positive role of frames in macrostructure construction and support the model of T. A. van Dijk and W. Kintsch (1983). (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades