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Download full textBean, Thomas W.; Readence, John E. – 1994
A study examined what factors made content area literacy learners have positive or negative attitudes toward reading at various stages and what sociocultural dimensions influenced positive or negative attitudes toward reading. Subjects, 35 Hawaii students and 18 mainland students, completed an autobiography assignment as part of a required content…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading
Maaka, Margaret J.; Lipka, Pamela A. – 1997
A comparative study examined the literacy habits and attitudes of children in two sixth-grade classrooms in Hawaii, one with a learning-centered instructional approach and the other with a traditional transmission instructional approach. The majority of the 26 students in the learning-centered classroom and the 24 students in the traditional…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Grade 6
Bean, Thomas W. – 1993
A study explored preservice teachers' attitudes toward reading through detailed case study analysis of their reading autobiographies. Subjects, 45 students in a required content area reading class in Hawaii, completed a reading autobiography assignment in which they considered their reading experiences from their earliest memory of being read to…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Case Studies, Constructivism (Learning), Content Area Reading
