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Douglas, Kate; Barnett, Tully; Poletti, Anna; Seaboyer, Judith; Kennedy, Rosanne – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
This paper introduces the concept of "reading resilience": students' ability to read and interpret complex and demanding literary texts by drawing on advanced, engaged, critical reading skills. Reading resilience is a means for rethinking the place and pedagogies of close reading in the contemporary literary studies classroom. Our…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Resilience (Psychology), Reading, Literary Criticism
Winser, Bill – Australian Journal of Reading, 1988
Examines the strategies readers engage in by analyzing their self reporting responses during and after reading a passage. Argues that teachers should instruct children to be aware of the nature and effectiveness of their own reading strategies. (RAE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Rowell, Jack A.; And Others – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1990
Presents a study of the effect of differences in reading strategies on the construction of meaning from novel length text. Discusses relevant psychological theory. Hypothesizes effects of differing strategies in reading the book "Animal Farm." Concludes that teacher-directed reading provides a depth of meaning not found when students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
de Courcy, Michele; Birch, Gary – 1993
A study investigated the reading and writing strategies used by four students in a Japanese immersion program at an Australian university. Data were gathered through classroom observation, open-ended interviews, and think-aloud protocols. Analysis revealed that the students had a limited repertoire of strategies. Their reading and writing of kanji…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education