Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2018
Department
Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education
School
Education
Abstract
The present study builds upon established best practices in narrative comprehension instruction by redesigning a story map, to retain the benefits of text structure instruction, while also facilitating students to reach deeper levels of character-based comprehension. Framed in reader response theory, dual coding theory, and developmental theories of perspective taking, children increase their knowledge of text while becoming more capable of taking the perspective of unique characters through intentional transactions. Using an exploratory, single-subject design, the authors centered the reading intervention on comprehending children’s literature from two, conflicting character perspectives. The authors documented four 3rd-grade participants’ comprehension of plot-based and perspective-taking questions. Additionally, the authors transcribed and analyzed intervention sessions to interpret trends in the students’ responses. Our findings indicate modest, but consistent, improvement in reading comprehension.
Publication Title
Journal of Research in Childhood Education
Volume
32
Issue
3
First Page
343
Last Page
362
Recommended Citation
Hodges, T. S.,
McTigue, E.,
Wright, K. L.,
Franks, A. D.,
Matthews, S. D.
(2018). Transacting With Characters: Teaching Children Perspective Taking With Authentic Literature. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 32(3), 343-362.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/16826
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in 'Journal of Research in Childhood Education' on 5/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02568543.2018.1464529.