Developing Higher-Level Comprehension with Short Stories.

Smith, Richard J.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Developing Higher-Level Comprehension with Short Stories.

Smith, Richard J.

Reading Horizons, v29 n1 p43-50 Oct 1988

Describes three instructional guides designed to raise students' thinking about short stories beyond factual recall to interpretation, application, synthesis, and evaluation of material, and to foster positive affective responses as concomitant reading behaviors. (RS)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Questioning Techniques, Reader Response, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Short Stories, Teaching Guides

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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