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ERIC Number: EJ381758
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Prescription, Description, and Prediction in Reading Research (Research Views).
Mosenthal, Peter B.
Reading Teacher, v42 n2 p152-53 Nov 1988
Asserts that experimental research articles are "explanatory minihistories," of reading containing elements of prescription, description, and prediction found in most histories. Argues that reading historians will have to select from among these minihistories to arrive at an explanatory history of the reading field. (MM)
Descriptors: History, Intellectual Disciplines, Reading Research, Research Reports, Scholarly Writing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Historical Explanation; Historical Methods; Research Styles