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Download full textCobb, Susan M. – 1992
A study investigated to what extent average middle school students were able to perceive the social issues embedded in literature by Dr. Seuss. Seventy-four seventh-grade students responded to five Dr. Seuss stories in free-writing exercises, response worksheets, and question worksheets. Results showed that the majority of students (approximately…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students
Kucan, Linda – 1993
A study analyzed think-aloud protocols to investigate and describe what readers who are developing proficiency do as they read. Subjects, three sixth-grade middle-school boys (with grade point averages of 3.0-3.5 on a 4-point scale) from a small West Virginia suburb, read aloud 16 text sections (from one to four sentences in length), thought aloud…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Style, Elementary School Students, Grade 6
Carico, Kathleen M. – 1996
A study examined the effects of a reader response approach to literature in which literature is viewed as a medium for exploration and the effects of such an approach on a group of young women. Subjects of the study were four female middle school students, with the adult female researcher as participant observer. Books chosen for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Discourse Communities, Ethnography, Females
