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Kletzien, Sharon B.; Dreher, Mariam Jean – Reading Psychology, 2017
Teachers can use expository texts to teach academic vocabulary, content knowledge, text structure, and text features. National associations' recommended book lists are often used to identify books for classrooms. Previously we identified expository texts on these lists from 2001-2002 and 2011-2012. The current study explored instructional…
Descriptors: Reading Lists, Books, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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Repaskey, Lisa L.; Schumm, Jeanne; Johnson, Jacqueline – Reading Psychology, 2017
This investigation focused on elementary-aged (first and fourth grade) children's individual preferences for narrative and expository text and perceptions of what their same-aged peers would like to read. Preferences and perceptions of text were examined through the lenses of social constructivist and engaged reading theories. The overall purpose…
Descriptors: Preferences, Grade 1, Grade 4, Gender Differences