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For further reading on envisionment building research

Envisioning Literature

Envisioning Literature: Literary Understanding & Literature Instruction

Judith A. Langer

Teachers College Press (1995)

  • Improving Literary Understanding Through Classroom Conversation (Booklet) (Text Only)
    J. Langer & E. Close

  • Effective Literature Instruction Develops Thinking Skills (Brief)

  • Literacy Acquisition through Literature
    J. Langer

  • Thinking and Doing Literature: An 8-Year Study
    J. Langer

  • A Response-Based Approach to Reading Literature
    J. Langer

  • Critical Thinking and English Language Arts Instruction
    J. Langer

  • Discussion as Exploration: Literature and the Horizon of Possibilities
    J. Langer

  • Approaches Toward Meaning in Low- and High-Rated Readers
    J. Langer

  • How did We Get Here?: Seventh Graders Sharing Literature
    E. Close

  • Supporting the Process of Literary Understanding: An Analysis of a Classroom Discussion
    J. Roberts & J. Langer

  • Literary Understanding and Literature Instruction
    J. Langer

  • The Process of Understanding Literature
    J. Langer

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