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Watson, Jerry J. – 1985
Literary gaps were identified by Wolfgang Iser in 1974 as "vacant pages" that invite the reader to reflect and enter into the text thereby motivating students to experience the text as reality. Arthur Applebee, in 1979, identified three categories to distinguish children's types of interaction with stories: (1) the complexity of literary…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Creative Development, Creative Expression, Elementary Education
