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Peer reviewedRowan, Katherine E. – English Quarterly, 1990
Offers a definition of explanatory text, and summarizes research on why abstract concepts and principles are difficult for lay readers to understand. Describes a three-week unit for composition classes on spotting difficult ideas, diagnosing the type of difficulty they pose, and selecting the text features most likely to make them less difficult.…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Expository Writing, Reading Comprehension, Reading Writing Relationship
Peer reviewedVandergrift, Kay E. – English Quarterly, 1990
Tests a new model of the child's meaning-making process in response to literary text. Finds that the model is not disproved and serves as a valid means for adults to share information and ideas about young peoples' transactions with literary texts. (MG)
Descriptors: Grade 10, Grade 9, Models, Reader Response
