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Publication Date: 1987
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Developmental Differences in Response to a Story.
Beach, Richard; Wendler, Linda
Research in the Teaching of English, v21 n3 p286-97 Oct 1987
Compares inferences about story characters' behavior, perceptions, and goals made by eighth graders, eleventh graders, college freshmen, and college seniors. Concludes that from early adolescence to young adulthood, readers shift from conceptions of characters in terms of immediate surface feelings and behaviors to conceptions in terms of long-range beliefs and goals. (JG)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Characterization, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, English Instruction, English Literature, Higher Education, Inferences, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Secondary Education, Short Stories, Social Cognition, Social Development, Young Adults
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