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ERIC Number: EJ371824
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Research Views: The Conduit Metaphor and the Academic Goal of Reading.
Mosenthal, Peter B.
Reading Teacher, v41 n4 p448-50 Jan 1988
Argues that researchers and practitioners largely view reading in terms of a "storage and conduit metaphor." Examines the metaphor and explains why it is necessary for the profession to move beyond it. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Metaphors, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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