READING AND THINKING ARE NOT ALWAYS DISTINCT FROM EACH OTHER, ALTHOUGH EACH REPRESENTS DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AND USES. THE PROBLEM IS NOT WHETHER THE TWO ARE SYNONYMOUS, BUT HOW MUCH TEACHERS SHOULD TELL STUDENTS AND HOW MUCH STUDENTS SHOULD DISCOVER FOR THEMSELVES. RECENT STUDIES SHOW THAT CHILDREN ARE CAPABLE OF APPLYING ELEMENTARY SKILLS OF…

Critical reading is viewed as requiring total involvement of the reader, and the classroom alive with questions, energy, and feelings is seen to facilitate such involvement. Critical reading involves looking at the world and its relationships of persons, places, things, and feelings. Teaching and encouraging environmental involvement from the…

Teachers have been learning to improve their questioning strategies to facilitate students' thinking. The students too should learn the skill of questioning to be a good reader for the rest of their lives. The teacher's first job is to identify for students the skill of questioning as a way of understanding the writer, pinpointing his purpose,…

The purpose of this study was to examine empirically the definition and the relationships of critical reading and critical thinking. The subjects were Hillsborough County, Florida, fifth graders, predominantly of lower and middle class white background. Several tests, including two critical reading tests, and Cornell Critical Thinking Test Form X,…

GRADES OR AGES: All elementary grades. SUBJECT MATTER: Critical reading. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The six short introductory sections are 1) foreword; 2) background of workshop; 3) comprehension--a constellation of many facts; 4) sample story; 5) critical comprehension exercises; and 6) critical reading lesson plan critiques. There…

The primary purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between critical reading/thinking and influenceability and the relationships among critical reading/thinking and influenceability, personality factors, intelligence, reading, aptitude, and grade-point average. A high school senior class consisting of 123 males and 108 females was…

The perception of literary value is a function of the reader's interpretation of literary structures in relation to other creative works in that reader's repertoire and of the "deep structure" of literary imagination within the individual unconscious. This critical model suggests, therefore, that unique experiences with literature and with life…

Suggests strategies and questions which may be used to build readers' sensitivity to the relationship between their own values and the values expressed in what they read. (DD)

Gifted students should receive reading instruction to encourage them to read more widely, more critically, and more creatively. (DD)

Students should learn to critically evaluate their relationship to literary works and to cultivate "analytic neutrality" so that they can better understand what occurs within themselves when they read a literary work. (DD)

By viewing rock lyrics as a vehicle that demands a sociopolitical response, rock and roll critics place in the hands of rock artists a responsibility that is not warranted. Particularly with regard to political messages, rock and roll should be viewed from a more individualized perspective. (BJV)

Reports findings of three experiments indicating that story plot unit structure is a good predictor of subjects' thematic judgments about the story, and that subjects are sensitive to a more abstract level of conceptualization than the thematic patterns tested, based on evaluations of the protagonist's plans in the story. (HTH)

Presents a personalized, annotated bibliography of what some modern thinkers have to say about the effects of reading on those who read critically. (RB)

Many teachers have probably read numerous pieces of writing that reflect students personal lives but don't reveal new understandings about themselves and their world. Use this resource to take upper elementary students writing to a deeper level with a critical approach that focuses on questioning multiple viewpoints, exploring social issues, and…