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Miall, David S.; Kuiken, Don – Research in the Teaching of English, 1995
Describes the development of the Literary Response Questionnaire (LRQ), which provides scales that measure seven different aspects of readers' orientation toward literary texts: Insight, Empathy, Imagery Vividness, Leisure Escape, Concern with Author, Story-Driven Reading, and Rejection of Literary Values. Reviews evidence for the LRQ's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literature Appreciation, Questionnaires, Reader Text Relationship
Dagostino, Lorraine; Carifio, James M. – 1993
A study established the logical validity of instructional activities for teaching reading evaluatively. These activities operationalized a theory of literacy and a model of reading comprehension developed by L. Dagostino and J. Carifio that specify 20 general characteristics of literate students who read evaluatively. Nineteen secondary classroom…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Critical Reading, Literacy, Models
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Schmitt, Maribeth Cassidy; O'Brien, David G. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1986
Examines some of the intentions that guided research into story structure, considers some of the validity problems inherent in the research, and outlines some flaws in instructional practices resulting from misinterpretations of it. Concludes with some suggestions for using story structures as a teaching tool. (FL)
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction