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Peer reviewedCherland, Meredith Rogers – New Advocate, 1992
Analyzes the conversation of sixth grade children in literature response groups. Finds and describes two distinctive gendered styles of talk about literature, the predominate female mode of response being the "discourse of feeling," and the predominate male mode of response being the "discourse of action." Discusses pedagogy…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Reader Text Relationship
Peer reviewedWest, Jane; And Others – New Advocate, 1992
Explores the reactions of fourth and seventh grade students to two picture books about Columbus written from two different perspectives (white European explorer and Native American). Notes that the fourth graders saw Columbus as either all good or all bad after reading the books but that seventh graders were able to recognize the complexities of…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Grade 4
