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Intratextual Persuasive Messages as Catalysts for HigherOrder Thinking: An Exploratory Investigation
Direct linkMurphy, P. Karen; Andiliou, Andria; Firetto, Carla M.; Bowersox, Carissa M.; Baker, Markus; Ramsay, Crystal M. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2016
Facilitating students' acquisition of higherorder thinking skills is imperative in the 21st century. Although some types of text have been shown to enhance higherorder thinking, the effects of many novel forms of text have yet to be investigated. As such, the purpose of the present study was to explore the extent to which a relatively novel form…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Persuasive Discourse, Beliefs, Comprehension
Andiliou, Andria; Ramsay, Crystal M.; Murphy, P. Karen; Fast, Jerel – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2012
The proliferation of new forms of media has given way to a multitude of new text structures, particularly texts designed to alter the receiver's perspectives. Yet, little is known about the ways in which these novel text structures alter the characteristics of the receiver including one's knowledge and beliefs. As such, the purpose of this…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Persuasive Discourse, Student Attitudes, Reader Text Relationship
Soter, Anna O.; Wilkinson, Ian A. G.; Connors, Sean P.; Murphy, P. Karen; Shen, Vincent Fu-Yuan – English Education, 2010
Through their study of classroom talk about and around literary text, the authors discovered that their application of Rosenblatt's (1938/1995, 1978) "aesthetic" stance to elementary (primarily Grades 4-6) students' affective responses to literary text uniformly lacked the simultaneous articulation of "the real impact between the…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Classroom Communication, Reader Text Relationship, Grade 4
Soter, Anna O.; Wilkinson, Ian A.; Murphy, P. Karen; Rudge, Lucila; Reninger, Kristin; Edwards, Margaret – International Journal of Educational Research, 2008
The purpose of this study was to validate and extend the findings of an exhaustive literature search in Year 1 and a meta-analysis in Year 2 of a 3-year project in which nine (9) small-group discussion approaches were identified. Having identified parameters of discussion that were, to a greater or lesser extent, present in these nine discussion…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, Meta Analysis
Peer reviewedBuehl, Michelle M.; Alexander, Patricia A.; Murphy, P. Karen; Sperl, Christopher T. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2001
Notes undergraduate students read both a one-sided text on educational reform and a two-sided nonrefutational text on the V-chip; and that they completed topic-specific beliefs, knowledge, and interest measures and reacted to specific text characteristics. Finds that although both forms of texts affected readers, the effects varied by the type of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse, Reader Text Relationship, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewedAlexander, Patricia A.; Murphy, P. Karen; Buehl, Michelle M.; Sperl, Christopher T. – National Reading Conference Yearbook, 1998
Investigates profiles of mature adult readers' who are persuaded by what they read, and what role a reader's educational level plays in the persuasion process. Finds that, for the most part, readers with moderate but favorable stances, moderate to high interest in the topic, and at least moderate levels of perceived or demonstrated knowledge were…
Descriptors: Adults, Beliefs, Educational Attainment, Persuasive Discourse
