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Direct linkMorgan, Denise N.; Evans, Kristen I.; DeFrancesco, Justine – Reading Teacher, 2021
Teaching for theme is one aspect of reading comprehension that is often elusive for both teachers and students. Specifically, teachers are challenged with elevating students' thinking from the plot level to a more abstract level when teaching for theme understanding. Students are challenged with transitioning between the story world and the real…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Literary Devices, Reading Instruction, Story Reading
Egidi, Giovanna; Gerrig, Richard J. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2006
In this article, the authors examined readers' sensitivity to the match between characters' goals and characters' actions. In Experiment 1, readers integrated actions consistent with characters' goals more easily when there was a match between the extremeness of the actions and the urgency of the goals. In Experiments 2 and 3, characters'…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Reader Text Relationship, Critical Reading
Peer reviewedRichek, Margaret Ann – Journal of Reading, 1987
Outlines five variations of the Directed Reading Thinking Activity that can help students become independent readers of narrative text. (NKA)
Descriptors: Fiction, Independent Reading, Learning Strategies, Literary Devices
