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Download full textSullivan, Francis J. – 1986
A study examined how pragmatic form influences evaluation of student essays in university placement testing. Specifically, the study documented how patterns in students' use of information (assumed to be either old, inferable, or new for readers) affected the holistic scores for quality given to the essays. Subjects, 99 randomly selected entering…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Essay Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Forman-Pemberton, Carol – 1989
One of a series of six portraits of high school literature classrooms, this paper gives a detailed, evocative characterization of how one "master teacher" (Kevin Tucker) introduced, undertook, and guided the study of literature, focusing in particular on how the teacher interacted with students in the context of discussion of a literary…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Marhafer, David – 1989
One of a series of six portraits of high school literature classrooms, this paper gives a detailed, evocative characterization of how one "master teacher" introduced, undertook, and guided the study of literature, focusing in particular on how the teacher interacted with students in the context of discussion of a literary work in class.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1989
Intended to be used as an assessment instrument in conjunction with North Carolina's Basic Education Program, this communication skills notebook reflects an instructional program that is developmentally appropriate for first and second graders. The notebook contains resource materials which include strategies for teachers to use in evaluating…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Evaluation Criteria, Grade 1, Grade 2
Poe, Elizabeth Ann – 1985
Applying reader response theory, a study explored the responses of 19 pregnant adolescents and teenage mothers to two dissimilar young adult novels, one about teenage pregnancy and one about adolescent alcoholism. Quantitative analysis, using a modified version of the Purves-Rippere (1968) system, and qualitative analysis of written answers to…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Alcoholism, Bibliotherapy, Characterization
Croll, Valerie J.; And Others – 1986
A study investigated the effects of using topic-related pictures to build and activate readers' schemata as a means of increasing background knowledge and, consequently, reading comprehension. Subjects, two special education middle school students with low scores on standardized reading comprehension and vocabulary tests, were taught to interpret…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Development, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Franklin, Elizabeth; And Others – Insights into Open Education, 1987
A group of elementary teachers enrolled in a graduate class in language arts at the University of North Dakota explored how children construct their own meanings as they interact with texts. One teacher regularly read to her 20-month-old grandson, and excerpts from the journal she kept reveal that his understanding of a specific text evolved to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Childrens Literature, Grade 5
Pahl, Michele M. – 1987
Proceeding from a definition of "story schema" as an idealized internal representation of the parts of a typical story and the relationships among those parts, this paper explores the role of story schemata in reading comprehension. The paper also identifies variables that may affect the way in which schemata function and outlines the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Listening Skills
Greenwald, Judith – 1985
A companion piece to "Improving Students' Abilities To Read and Think: A Source Guide" and to the training manual of the same title, this guide is designed to help middle, junior, and senior high school personnel responsible for reading instruction learn new strategies for improving student comprehension of text and learn new ways to…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, English Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedLehr, Fran – Reading Teacher, 1987
Defines story grammar, reviews pertinent research, and describes classroom activities based on research findings. (NKA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cohesion (Written Composition), Elementary Education
Peer reviewedLatrobe, Kathy – Emergency Librarian, 1996
Readers' theater engages students in reading and writing activities that offer both affective and cognitive rewards. Students can develop their own scripts that introduce books, replacing the traditional book report with creative participation and active peer recommendation. Appendices provide two sample scripts. (AEF)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Creative Writing
Miller, Darcy – 1993
The Literature Project is a literature-based reading program designed to meet the needs of adolescent females with behavioral/emotional disorders, adolescent female offenders, and adolescent females at risk. The project uses novels and short stories written by and for women as basic reading material. Literary selections with heroines who are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Curriculum, Delinquency
Lawless, Kimberly A.; Brown, Scott W.; Mills, Robert – 1998
This paper describes a study undertaken to examine how four variables (domain knowledge, topic knowledge, individual interest, and situational interest) impact recall of information from a hypertext environment. Participants in the study were 107 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the School of Education at a large northeastern…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Environment, Electronic Text, Higher Education
Collins, Norma; Smith, Carl, Comp. – 1990
Originally developed for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on reader response theory and related instructional strategies is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a lecture giving an overview on…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Quick, Doris – 1989
One of a series of six portraits of high school literature classrooms, this paper gives a detailed, evocative characterization of how one "master teacher" introduced, undertook, and guided the study of literature, focusing in particular on how the teacher interacted with students in the context of discussion of a literary work in class.…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
