What Teachers Do When They Say They're Having Discussions of Content Area Reading Assignments: A Qualitative Analysis.

Alvermann, Donna E.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ419771

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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What Teachers Do When They Say They're Having Discussions of Content Area Reading Assignments: A Qualitative Analysis.

Alvermann, Donna E.; And Others

Reading Research Quarterly, v25 n4 p296-322 Fall 1990

Characterizes middle school teachers' discussions of assigned readings from a variety of content area materials. Finds that the teachers' purpose appeared to influence the type of discussion they conducted and that their actual discussions seldom resembled their articulated abstract definitions of a good discussion. (KEH)

Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Content Area Reading, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Middle Schools, Qualitative Research, Reading Assignments, Reading Research, Reading Skills, Reading Teachers, Teacher Behavior

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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