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ERIC Number: EJ560808
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
Engaging Developmental Readers in the Social Construction of Meaning.
Kaiden, Ellen
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v41 n6 p477-79 Mar 1998
Describes an instructional process used in a college developmental reading class (as well as with upper-level classes) that promotes the development of active, engaged readers who constructed meaning through social interaction with fellow classmates. Describes how this strategy was applied to segments of "Night" by Elie Wiesel. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Developmental Studies Programs, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Strategies, Remedial Reading
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Social Constructivism