Reading Comprehension: Transaction Not Transportation.

Teale, William H.

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ERIC Number: EJ214099

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979-Aug

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Reading Comprehension: Transaction Not Transportation.

Teale, William H.

Australian Journal of Reading, v2 n3 p125-33 Aug 1979

Outlines instructional implications of a theory of reading comprehension that holds that a transaction takes place between reader and text during which the reader derives meaning from printed marks based on personal experiences. (AEA)

Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Development, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes, Recall (Psychology)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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