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ERIC Number: EJ530499
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1086-296X
The Nature of Engaged Reading in Classroom Discussions of Literature.
Almasi, Janice F.; And Others
Journal of Literacy Research, v28 n1 p107-46 Mar 1996
Finds that engaged reading occurred in a fourth-grade classroom when students and teachers used interpretive tools to select, connect, and organize information in the text to construct meaningful interpretations and that there were cognitive, metacognitive, and motivational components to the engagement observed. (PA)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Interpretive Skills, Metacognition, Reader Response, Reading Research
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Meaningfulness; Response to Literature; Student Engagement
Note: Formerly "Journal of Reading Behavior."