Good-Enough Reading: Momentum and Accuracy in the Reading of Complex Fiction

Margaret Mackey

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Good-Enough Reading: Momentum and Accuracy in the Reading of Complex Fiction

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1997 English Publisher:National Council of Teachers of EnglishJournal:Research in the Teaching of English, volume 31, pages 428-458 (issn: 0034-527X, eissn: 1943-2348,

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Authors: Margaret Mackey;

doi: 10.58680/rte19973890

Good-Enough Reading: Momentum and Accuracy in the Reading of Complex Fiction

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Describes one element of the reading act as it operates in time--how "good-enough" readers of complex fiction strike a personal balance between the need for momentum and the need for accountability to the text. Draws from protocols provided by 33 readers, from eighth grade to Ph.D. level, following two readings of a novel.

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