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Martinez, 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
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Tippett, Christine D. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2010
As people attempt to make sense of the world, they develop personal knowledge structures. These structures often contain misconceptions--inaccurate or incomplete information--that are highly resistant to change because existing knowledge networks must be restructured to accommodate counterintuitive information in a process known as conceptual…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cognitive Structures, Misconceptions, Resistance to Change