Add to ORKGHow do readers make texts mean? What resources do they bring to new and challenging texts in an attempt to understand them? Based on data gathered through an ethnographic study of children in primary classrooms, and of teachers studying reading at Masters level, this paper presents a series of maps or models that attempt to show the pushes and pulls of thinking that the children and adults use in order to make meaning from text. The paper argues that when these maps are contrasted, implications for the way reading is taught in schools become apparent
Reading in itself is one form of communication - a way of connecting with the text and its writer - ...
The primary purpose of the study was to understand the relationships among the reader's prior topic ...
Have you ever noticed the different ways that children respond to texts, and wondered why? Have you ...
How do readers make texts mean? What resources do they bring to new and challenging texts in an atte...
The research question explored the impact of Thinking Maps on primary readers for integrating knowle...
Master of EducationThis small-scale investigation provides some evidence that the processes used by ...
In this article, the authors explore mapping as a pedagogical approach. Drawn from two literacy clas...
What happens when we read? How can we understand the specific relationship between literature and th...
[Extract] Coming to terms with many of the recent changes in thinking about reading texts is difficu...
The aim of the current study was to investigate if children's language abilities could be improved u...
While visual mapping is often recognized as a powerful tool for taking notes, this procedure could a...
Everyday experience and a growing part of empirical research illustrate the changing reality of read...
Reading is perhaps one of the most important skills taught in schools. Its use is not confined to th...
This study investigated the use of i-THINK Mapping in teaching reading comprehension by ESL teachers...
We claim that learning is a continuous process. Parallel to this is the conviction that positive rei...
Reading in itself is one form of communication - a way of connecting with the text and its writer - ...
The primary purpose of the study was to understand the relationships among the reader's prior topic ...
Have you ever noticed the different ways that children respond to texts, and wondered why? Have you ...
How do readers make texts mean? What resources do they bring to new and challenging texts in an atte...
The research question explored the impact of Thinking Maps on primary readers for integrating knowle...
Master of EducationThis small-scale investigation provides some evidence that the processes used by ...
In this article, the authors explore mapping as a pedagogical approach. Drawn from two literacy clas...
What happens when we read? How can we understand the specific relationship between literature and th...
[Extract] Coming to terms with many of the recent changes in thinking about reading texts is difficu...
The aim of the current study was to investigate if children's language abilities could be improved u...
While visual mapping is often recognized as a powerful tool for taking notes, this procedure could a...
Everyday experience and a growing part of empirical research illustrate the changing reality of read...
Reading is perhaps one of the most important skills taught in schools. Its use is not confined to th...
This study investigated the use of i-THINK Mapping in teaching reading comprehension by ESL teachers...
We claim that learning is a continuous process. Parallel to this is the conviction that positive rei...
Reading in itself is one form of communication - a way of connecting with the text and its writer - ...
The primary purpose of the study was to understand the relationships among the reader's prior topic ...
Have you ever noticed the different ways that children respond to texts, and wondered why? Have you ...