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Otto, Wayne – Journal of Reading, 1990
Argues that the field of education has produced and absorbed a steady barrage of information about the threats and causes of illiteracy. Contends that the field has managed to demystify the wondrous and profound acts of reading and writing. Concludes that research on reader response has much to offer in the rehumanization of literacy. (RS)
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Reader Response

Rogers, Theresa – Journal of Reading, 1991
Presents a point, counterpoint strategy which helps students build a repertoire of interpretive strategies that can be enlisted when dealing with complex short stories. Notes that the key to the strategy is that students begin with their personal responses and move toward more public and generalized interpretations. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Literary Criticism, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship

Fuhler, Carol J. – Journal of Reading, 1994
Advocates the use of literature response journals. Describes their use with an eighth-grade class and discusses teaching students how to respond well and how to include parents. (SR)
Descriptors: Dialog Journals, Grade 8, Literature Appreciation, Parent Participation

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

Machet, Myrna P. – Journal of Reading, 1992
Investigates whether responses to literature of South African adolescents from three subcultures varied with reference to values inherent in a text and whether these differences might be attributed to differences in the value systems of the respondent's subcultures. Confirms these expectations. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, High Schools

Brozo, William G. – Journal of Reading, 1988
Describes a reader response heuristic which approaches expository texts on a feeling and experiential level. Focuses on the work of one student writer to show how the student's interpretations of a text on Arab-Israeli relations was mediated by the student's feelings and experiences. (MM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Effect, Expository Writing, Heuristics

Duke, Charles R. – Journal of Reading, 1990
Argues that as reading is taught increasingly as a tool, the delight that comes from personal literacy is becoming obscured. Argues that bringing personal values and experiences to poetry is an important way for students to discover the meaning of a poem. Describes how students can "map" their reading journey. (RS)
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Learning Activities, Poetry, Reader Response

Hamann, Lori S.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1991
Finds that, when middle school students write about relevant personal experiences before reading, they enjoy and comprehend the text more, are more on-task, offer more sophisticated responses to characters, and like the texts more. (SR)
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students

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

Lindberg, Barbara – Journal of Reading, 1988
Outlines a process approach to teaching literature which focuses both on meaningful writing and on the ways students respond to what they read. Suggests that such an approach can create in students a life-long love of literature. (ARH)
Descriptors: Literature, Literature Appreciation, Process Education, Reader Response

Chase, Nancy D.; Hynd, Cynthia R. – Journal of Reading, 1987
Describes the fundamentals of reader response theory, focuses on the aspects most relevant to reading instruction, and presents a method of teaching using reader response as a vehicle for improving student ability to learn from text. (NKA)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Theories, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship