This paper is based on a transactional viewpoint (involving writer, reader, and text) in which the text is no longer external but is constructed and reconstructed by the reader during reading. Using a database developed for a previous study (Goodman and Goodman, 1978), this research examined pronoun usage in three basal texts by evaluating the…

Using a large, preexisting miscue analysis database, a study explored the influence of specific text characteristics on reader/text interaction. Subjects--24 second, 32 fourth, and 32 sixth graders--read three texts. Four specific questions were addressed: What relevant miscue patterns do the readers of each text and of the combined three texts…