An effort to clarify issues which, the author contends, have been obfuscated by Raymond Moore. For the articles in question, see PDK, June '72 (EA 502 698) and PDK, April '73 (EA 503 665). (Author)

Condensed literature would provide more varied information than do documents because more terse statements can be read. It would also function as surrogates for documents unread for lack of time, language, or access. (MF)

Uses John Updike's Shillington" to show how an explication-teaching strategy can help students to understand a poem. (SW)

Discusses a critical approach for dealing with passages of superior literary merit in otherwise mediocre works and with shifts in the nature of languages" employed within a given work. (RD)

This article elaborates on the misrepresentations in Nagy and Griffiths' review of Piagetian research (EJ 275 527). The limitations of their treatment of important methodological and theoretical issues is discussed. (Author/PN)

Proposes that students can be taught to respond critically to literature through appropriate textual analysis. (RL)

Shows that the task of the poet-teacher is to teach students not only how to write poetry but also how to read and appreciate poetry. Notes that the poetry workshop should stimulate critical capacity and taste by reconnecting study and thought to the personal. (RL)

Suggests techniques for improving students' ability to grasp the main idea in what they read and to form conclusions based on their reading. Brainstorming, outlining, questioning, and paraphrasing are some of the methods recommended. (Author/SJL)

Suggests teaching a unit on propaganda in high school journalism classes to help students be more critical of what they read and see. (TJ)

Activities for the development of creative and critical reading skills for gifted primary students are outlined. Among the suggestions are dramatization of a story and discussion of the connotative meaning of words. (PHR)

Suggests several activities to be used with variants of folk tales to develop an appreciation of folklore in children and sharpen their critical reading skills. (DD)