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- Title
Explanations of Reading Comprehension: Schema Theory and Critical Thinking Theory.
- Authors
Norris, Stephen P.; Phillips, Linda M.
- Abstract
This article discusses theories that best explain reading comprehension. Schema theory has advanced our understanding of the interactions among the reader, the reading context, and the text. Prior to schema theory, emphasis was placed on the text and the skills needed to understand it, without regard to the characteristics of the reader and the varying contexts in which reading occurred. Researchers and theoreticians of good thinking also recognize that reading involves thinking. It was found out that critical thinking theory can meet some of the problems faced by schema theory in distinguishing the quality of the children's reading.
- Subjects
READING comprehension; READING; PSYCHOLOGY of reading; THEORY; CRITICAL thinking
- Publication
Teachers College Record, 1987, Vol 89, Issue 2, p281
- ISSN
0161-4681
- Publication type
Article