Using Readers' Imagery of Literacy Characters to Study Text Meaning Construction.

Cothern, Nancy B.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1990

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Using Readers' Imagery of Literacy Characters to Study Text Meaning Construction.

Cothern, Nancy B.; And Others

Reading Research and Instruction, v30 n1 p15-29 Fall 1990

Examines two readers' images of literary characters as a basis for studying text meaning construction. Finds greater variation than commonality between the text and readers, as well as between the readers. Suggests using dialogue and rereadings in instruction to aid in developing and monitoring text understanding. (SR)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Intermediate Grades, Literature Appreciation, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Reading Research

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Language: English

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