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Frailey, Marty; Buck-Rodriguez, Greta; Anders, Patricia L. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2009
This article describes elaboration in "literary letters" (Atwell, 1984, 1987) written by developmental reading students. Nineteen community college students received instruction in "elaborative thought patterns," or types of elaboration, to improve the quality of their responses to popular fiction. This instruction was part of…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Fiction, English Literature