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Webb, Agnes J. – 1980
A year-long holistic study of literary responses was conducted to determine the effects of using a transactive literary paradigm in secondary school English classrooms. (The transactive--for transactional--paradigm emphasizes the reader's involvement with a text and the reader's use of personal experiences to extract meaning from texts.)…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, English Curriculum, English Instruction