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Download full textBenton, Michael – 1990
This paper examines the uniqueness of poetry and classroom methodology as found in children's experiences of hearing, enacting, discussing, and making poems. Poetry offers the peculiar use of language, form, and a fresh look. Poems are useful in the classroom as they are read differently from ordinary text, are read with both the eye and the ear,…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Techniques, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedAlvermann, Donna E.; Boothby, Paula R. – Reading Psychology, 1986
Investigates the transfer effects of graphic organizer instruction on fourth graders' ability to use top-level structure as an aid in comprehending and retaining content reading materials and concludes that there were no discernable effects. (DF)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Grade 4
