Date of Award
1-1-2015
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School/Department
Department of Literacy Teaching and Learning
Program
Reading
Content Description
1 online resource (xvi, 227 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Dissertation/Thesis Chair
Peter Johnston
Committee Members
Margaret Sheehy, Jianwei Zhang
Keywords
Discussion, Fiction, Knowledge Building, Narrative Texts, Reading, Reading (Middle school), Junior high school girls, Narrative inquiry (Research method), Knowledge, Theory of, epistemology
Subject Categories
Education | Language and Literacy Education
Abstract
This study focused on the knowledge building work of eighth grade female avid readers who were invited to discuss their experiences with reading narrative fiction. The study examined the kinds of knowledge these students drew on and constructed and the processes they used to do so. The following research questions were asked: What kinds of experiences do eighth grade female avid readers have with narrative works? What kinds of knowledge were being built? How do these avid readers arrive at new understandings? How do these eighth grade female avid readers transform their individual and collective understandings?
Recommended Citation
Smit, Julie, "Eighth grade girls' knowledge building with narrative texts" (2015). Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024). 1509.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/1509