The Child's Developing Sense of Theme as a Response to Literature.

Lehr, Susan

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Child's Developing Sense of Theme as a Response to Literature.

Lehr, Susan

Reading Research Quarterly, v23 n3 p337-57 Sum 1988

Examines the nature of children's sense of theme in narratives as it develops over three age levels--kindergarten, second grade, and fourth grade--and investigates the role of literature in that development. Concludes that thematic identification is an early developmental strategy. (MM)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Fiction, Grade 2, Grade 4, Informal Reading Inventories, Kindergarten, Literary Genres, Longitudinal Studies, Reader Response, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Research

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Language: English

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