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Lewis, William E.; Ferretti, Ralph P. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2011
Literary scholars use specific critical lenses called "topoi" (Fahnestock & Secor, 1991) to read literature and write their interpretations of these texts. Literary topoi are used in the discourse of modern college literature classrooms (Wilder, 2002) and are associated with higher grades in students' literature classes (Wilder, 2002, 2005).…
Descriptors: High School Students, Essays, Interpretive Skills, Literary Criticism
Noro, Paul Steven – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The significance of media literacy pedagogy in American public schools is crucial in helping teenagers comprehend the visual media world in which they live. The world is currently a place where our youth are inundated with visual messages that must be received, interpreted and critically analyzed. The dilemma is not so much in the reception of the…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Journalism Education, Self Concept, Beliefs