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ERIC Number: EJ037109
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1971
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How Do Children Read Biography About Adults?
Groff, Patrick
Reading Teacher, 24, 7, 609-15, 629, Apr 71
Argues that children will make mistakes in interpreting adult activities in reading biographies, although their role-taking abilities improve as they grow older. Gives suggestions to authors for making biography more comprehensible and useful to the child. Bibliography. (RW)
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Biographies, Elementary School Students, Identification (Psychology), Parent Child Relationship, Reading, Research Needs, Role Perception, Role Playing
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