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Purves, Alan C. – 1979
The reader has replaced the text as the central figure in the teaching of literature. Three techniques that psychologists and educational researchers believe produce better reading comprehension are: the concept of schemata, or the kind of mental outline a reader has when perceiving something; the acquisition or development of an appropriate…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, English Instruction, Language Arts, Literary Criticism
