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Direct linkMartinez, Miriam; Harmon, Janis M. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2012
The major research question was: How do pictures and texts function in developing literary elements in picturebooks for younger readers and picturebooks for older readers? We examined 30 picturebooks for younger readers and 30 picturebooks for older readers to determine how pictures and text work to develop plot, character, setting, and mood.…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Layout (Publications), Reader Text Relationship, Time
Individual Differences in Children's Knowledge of Expository Text Structures: A Review of Literature
Download full textRay, Melissa N.; Meyer, Bonnie J. F. – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2011
In this review of literature we examine empirical research of individual differences in younger readers' knowledge and use of expository text structures. The goal of this review is to explore the influence of reader and text characteristics in order to better understand the instructional needs of elementary school readers. First we review research…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Knowledge Level, Expository Writing, Literature Reviews
Webster, Paula Sunanon – Reading Teacher, 2009
This exploratory study describes the instructional strategies and related activities a Grade 1 teacher and I used to promote engagements with informational texts in one rural Jamaican primary school. Some of the instructional strategies and activities were bridging connections from the known to the unknown, reading aloud to increase content…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Story Grammar, Grade 1
