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Frailey, Marty; Buck-Rodriguez, Greta; Anders, Patricia L. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2009
This article describes elaboration in "literary letters" (Atwell, 1984, 1987) written by developmental reading students. Nineteen community college students received instruction in "elaborative thought patterns," or types of elaboration, to improve the quality of their responses to popular fiction. This instruction was part of…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Fiction, English Literature
Su, Chia-chun – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Reading comprehension plays a key role in academic success in today's classrooms. Literature Circles (LCs), a learner-centered collaborative reading activity, brings together the ideas of cooperative learning, independent reading, and reader response theory to enhance students' reading comprehension as well as their motivation toward learning…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Reading Comprehension, Qualitative Research, Student Attitudes
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Granger, Noelle; Black, Alison; Miller, Jane – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2007
The purpose of the study was to examine how reader response journals followed by classroom discussion ("Reader Response Plus") contributed to students' reading comprehension and to their attitudes toward reading. The study was conducted in a rural school in upstate New York. The twelfth grade class that participated in the study…
Descriptors: Reader Response, High School Seniors, Grade 12, Disabilities