Grappling with Text Ideas: Questioning the Author.

McKeown, Margaret G.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ460925

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Grappling with Text Ideas: Questioning the Author.

McKeown, Margaret G.; And Others

Reading Teacher, v46 n7 p560-66 Apr 1993

Describes an approach, called "Questioning the Author," that is targeted toward getting young readers to engage with their textbooks--to really consider ideas deeply. Notes that the approach attempts to actualize the presence of an author, understand the author as a fallible transmitter of ideas, and transform author's ideas into readers' ideas. (RS)

Descriptors: Authors, Children, Class Activities, Intermediate Grades, Readability, Reader Response, Reading Strategies, Teaching Methods, Textbook Evaluation, Textbooks

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Innovations in Literacy for a Diverse Society.