students when selecting and naming roles
(Certo et al., 2010).
How do Literature Circles help
Students become Better Readers
and Thinkers?
The emphasis for students to become more
well-read and better educated readers and
thinkers is widespread, and the pressure will
only continue to increase with evolving
curriculum standards nationwide. The
importance of literature circles, according to
Daniels (2006), is that comprehension levels will
improve while also helping to develop a nation
of readers. Literature circles also allow students
to become independent thinkers by allowing
them to select their own text to discuss without
direct teaching. The students become the
teacher and learn how to be problem-solvers
about text. By increasing the level of text they
select, they will in turn, learn how to think
about more comple