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Meaning Construction in School Reading Tasks: A Study of Mexican-American Students.
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Langer, Judith A.; And Others – 1988
To investigate how Mexican-American students constructed meaning from English texts when engaged in reading and writing activities, a study examined 12 fifth grade Mexican-American students who lived in a "barrio" with literacy in both Spanish and English. The aim was to tap the envisionments (text interpretations or understandings, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Mexican Americans