The Effect of Grade and Stance on Readers' Intertextual and Autobiographical Responses to Literature.

Many, Joyce E.; Anderson, Diana D.

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ERIC Number: EJ452737

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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The Effect of Grade and Stance on Readers' Intertextual and Autobiographical Responses to Literature.

Many, Joyce E.; Anderson, Diana D.

Reading Research and Instruction, v31 n4 p60-69 Sum 1992

Finds (1) no relationship between stance taken in a free response and types of intertextual or autobiographical connections made by students in grades four, six, and eight; (2) descriptions of meaningfulness of intertextual and autobiographical connections was related to students' grade level; and (3) students made more connections to television shows than to literature. (SR)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Literature Appreciation, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Research, Television

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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