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Willings, David – Gifted Education International, 1998
Describes a study at the Willings Learning Clinic that analyzed the responses of 39 male students, 66 female students, 44 adult males, and 51 adult females to literature. Five styles of responding to literature are discussed: the analyzer, the picture maker, the reflector, the elaborator, and the internalizer. (CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Foreign Countries, Gifted
Download full textSwanson, Ann – 1993
A study explored what an outside-the-classroom, authentic literature discussion involved. Three book club discussions (involving a leaderless group consisting of members of varying professions meeting monthly to discuss fiction and nonfiction reading selections) were audiotaped, transcribed and coded. Results indicated that: (1) when allowed to…
Descriptors: Adults, Discourse Communities, Discussion, Group Behavior
