NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20242
Descriptor
Adolescent Literature2
Reader Response2
Reader Text Relationship2
Body Weight1
Cartoons1
English Teacher Education1
Literature Appreciation1
Preadolescents1
Reading Comprehension1
Self Concept1
Story Reading1
More ▼
Source
English Teaching: Practice…1
ProQuest LLC1
Author
MaryGabrielle Prezioso1
Nicole Ann Amato1
Publication Type
Dissertations/Theses -…1
Journal Articles1
Reports - Research1
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Lost in a Book: Story World Absorption and Reading for Understanding
Direct linkDirect link
MaryGabrielle Prezioso – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Reading engagement is an essential component of children's reading achievement. This three-chapter dissertation considers a new approach to conceptualizing reading engagement through the lens of children's immersion, or absorption, in a text. Chapter 1 examines the theoretical underpinnings of story world absorption, sometimes known as…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Reader Text Relationship, Reader Response, Story Reading
Responding to Representations of Fatphobia in Prose and Comics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nicole Ann Amato – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore teacher candidates' response to young adult literature (prose and comics) featuring fat identified protagonists. The paper considers the textual and embodied resources readers use and reject when imagining and interpreting a character's body. This paper explores how readers' meaning making was…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Cartoons, Body Weight, Self Concept