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ERIC Number: EJ346945
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Research Views: Rational and Irrational Approaches to Understanding Reading.
Mosenthal, Peter B.
Reading Teacher, v40 n6 p570-72 Feb 1987
Compares the Darwinian approach to understanding reading (irrational) with the Cartesian approach (rational). Argues for the superiority of the Darwinian approach, and in the future will consider how research and practice might be conceptualized from a Cartesian approach to understanding and reading. (NKA)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Reading Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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