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Transacting with Characters: Teaching Children Perspective Taking with Authentic Literature
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Hodges, Tracey S.; McTigue, Erin; Wright, Katherine Landau; Franks, Amanda D.; Matthews, Sharon D. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2018
The present study builds upon established best practices in narrative comprehension instruction by redesigning a story map, to retain the benefits of text structure instruction, while also facilitating students to reach deeper levels of character-based comprehension. Framed in reader response theory, dual coding theory, and developmental theories…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, Childrens Literature, Story Reading, Reading Comprehension
The Impact of Multicultural Literature on Empathy Development in Third-Grade Students: A Pilot Study
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Gordon, Linda K. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
The purpose of this paper is to discuss a pilot study conducted in a graduate action research class that sought to investigate the impact of multicultural literature experiences on third-grade students' ability to make empathetic connections in their writing and discussions about literature. Conducted as participant action research, five…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Empathy, Childrens Literature, Multicultural Education
Transaction Circles with Digital Texts as a Foundation for Democratic Practices
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Brown, Sally – Democracy & Education, 2015
Transaction circles weave together elements of guided reading and literature circles in an open conversational structure that supports students as agentive learners. Discourse within these circles utilizing digital informational texts assist in the development of democratic practices even in a time when federal mandates limit curricula and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Aesthetics
"I Learned How to Talk about a Book": Children's Perceptions of Literature Circles across Grade and Ability Levels
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Certo, Janine; Moxley, Kathleen; Reffitt, Kelly; Miller, Jeffrey A. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2010
The purpose of the present study was to investigate students' perceptions of their experiences with literature circles across elementary grades. A stratified random sample of 24 diverse students in grades one, three, four, and five were individually interviewed to obtain perceptions of their attitudes toward literature circles and their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students
Intertextual Connections: The Impact of Interactive Read Alouds on the Writing of Third Graders during Writing Workshop
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Manak, Jennifer Amy – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Teachers frequently read aloud as a part of writing instruction so that children's book authors can serve as mentors for students' writing. Despite extensive anecdotal reporting of the significance of reading aloud children's literature within writing workshop, the intertextual connections students construct between interactive read alouds and…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Childrens Literature, Mentors, Reading Aloud to Others
The Challenge of Moving beyond the Literal in Literature Discussions
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Serafini, Frank; Ladd, Sophie M. – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2008
Drawing on data associated with an investigation of classroom read alouds and discussions of children's literature, this article conceptualizes the reading aloud and discussions of picturebooks as an "interpretive space" for elementary grade students' exploration of visual images and written text. Analyzing the types of responses…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Childrens Literature, Picture Books
Investigating Two Approaches to Fostering Children's Comprehension of Literature
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Liang, Lauren Aimonette; Peterson, Cheryl A.; Graves, Michael F. – Reading Psychology: An International Quarterly, 2005
This instructional study investigated the effects of two approaches to fostering elementary students' comprehension of literature. Participants were 54 third-grade students in 2 classrooms in a linguistic and culturally diverse, urban elementary school. Students read two folktales, receiving a Scaffolded Reading Experience (SRE) unit with one…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Grade 3, Reading Comprehension