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ERIC Number: EJ414748
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-527X
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A Longitudinal Study of the Spectator Stance as a Function of Age and Genre.
Galda, Lee
Research in the Teaching of English, v24 n3 p261-78 Oct 1990
Examines responses of fourth, sixth, and eighth grade students to realistic and fantasy novels. Finds that students responded to fantasy with more categoric evaluations and to realism with more analytic evaluation. Finds also that evaluative responses moved from mainly categoric in grade four to more analytic in the upper grades. (KEH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Fantasy, Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8, Longitudinal Studies, Novels, Reader Response, Reading Interests, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Realism, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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