A Case Study of Critical Reading with Focus on Rebuttal: Focusing on the Process of Expository Text Reading in the Middle Graders of Elementary School

Abstract

　　In this study, we gave a lesson to clarify the critical reading and formation process focusing on the rebuttal in the reading expository texts for middle graders of elementary school. As a result of quantitative analysis, the number of learners who reached the level of Critical Reading increased significantly. As a result of qualitative analysis, some learners understood that Rebuttal was a prerequisite for the claim. In addition, some learners have read that changing the preconditions enables various logical expansions. The analysis results found that the critical reading focusing on rebuttal in the middle grades of elementary school may be at the stage of “awareness of various logics” and “Strategically read that a function to increase the persuasiveness of the author’s claim.”