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Literature Discussion Groups, Literature Circles,
Book Clubs, Book Groups
People
who like to read like to talk about books (Saal,1995). Adult book clubs
and reading groups have been popular for many years. Now, reading groups,
i.e., literature circles, literature discussion groups, are becoming
common place in K-12 classrooms (Daniels, 1994). Literature circles
are usually small groups of 3 to 5 students who gather together to discuss
a book they are reading or have just finished reading (Moen, 1994, p.
28). Discussions may be guided by teacher-made questions which generate
a variety of responses (Rothlein and Meinbach,1996, p. 278-291), student
reactions recorded in literature logs (Samway et al,1991), student responses
to assigned structured roles (Daniels,1994), or discussion topics generated
by the literature group (Cullinan, 1993). Cullinan writes that it is
impossible to describe one right way to organize discussion groups (1993,
p. 68). Literature groups have also been used successfully at the college/university
level (Daniels, 1994; Andrews, 1992).
This
project is hosted by EASTCONN's
Standards Based Learning Center
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