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Direct linkFranzak, Judith K. – Review of Educational Research, 2006
The achievement of adolescent literacy learners has become a significant topic of research and policy. This review of literature links current literacy learning theories, research that addresses the individualized nature of adolescent readers, and the literature delineating adolescent literacy policy. Researchers using naturalistic inquiry have…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Reader Response, Literacy, Adolescents
Download full textBenton, Michael – 1993
Since the 1950s, literary study has experienced a major paradigm shift. M. H. Abrams' notion that the author, reader, and the signified world are arranged like satellites around a stable text has been succeeded by one that acknowledges the reader to be a central determinant in any "reading" of a text. Five themes related to reader…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development, Literacy
Peer reviewedPershey, Monica Gordon – Ohio Reading Teacher, 1998
Summarizes three studies presented at the 1997 Ohio Council of the International Reading Association Fall conference: (1) a study of students' response to text in a university classroom; (2) systematic spelling instruction for learning disabled students; and (3) a one year investigation of the internship experiences of two preservice language arts…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Internship Programs, Language Arts, Literacy
Park, Joanne Yoona – 1999
Current articles on the power and influence of children's literature on primary children's literacy development and achievement were reviewed. Research indicates that literature has a positive effect on the academic achievement of children and that literacy skills are essential components of academic success. Children who have been exposed to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childrens Literature, Language Acquisition, Literacy
Raphael, Taffy E., Ed.; Au, Kathryn H., Ed. – 1998
Making a case for the value of literature-based instruction, this book presents an overview of the extensive knowledge base supporting literature-based approaches to literacy instruction. It notes that literature-based instruction goes beyond simply changing the kinds of texts children read--also required in literature-based instruction are an…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Literacy
Peer reviewedSpears-Bunton, Linda A. – Journal of Negro Education, 1990
Addresses the relationship between reader response and culture. Presents portraits of a teacher and her Black students and White students as they studied a series of African American literary texts, including Virginia Hamilton's "House of Dies Drear" (1968). The reading of this text marked a turning point for the teacher and students.…
Descriptors: Black Literature, Black Students, Childrens Literature, Classroom Observation Techniques
