Glossary
Aesthetic stance ~ focus on person feeling's and attitude of the reader; transactional theory
Authentic text ~ text that reflects real world situations
Combined text ~ a new genre of literature that combines a story format and informational or expository structure in one book
Curriculum ~ program of study of an educational institution
Efferent stance ~ readers focus is to gain knowledge from informational text
Experimental group ~ group of subjects, matched to control group which receives independent variable.
Graphic organizer ~ visual representation of information in the form of a chart, semantic map, or web which is used to organize information.
Independent variable ~ stimulus variable introduced in an experiment to observe effect on dependent variable.
Informational text ~ nonfiction book on specific content
Literature-based curriculum ~ curriculum which uses trade books as the main instructional materials
Metacognition ~ reading, writing connections, personal understand of how learning takes place, process of making connections
Picture book ~ Illustrations play an important role in telling the story as the text.
Postreading ~ activity or discussion used by teachers to further student comprehension of material read
Pre-reading ~ activities students engage in prior to reading to activate prior knowledge and/or set the stage for reading
Schema theory ~ theory which focuses on integrating new knowledge with prior knowledge to increase comprehension
Significant margin ~ for this study a difference of 30% in student responses.
Textbook ~ book designed for instructional purposes
Trade book ~ books used for reading instruction which are not basal readers
Transactional theory ~ theory that meaning is construction through interaction with text
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