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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Disciplinary literacy"”.
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Principal Leadership in Building a Culture of Disciplinary Literacy
… principal leadership in building a culture of disciplinary literacy. Previous studies investigated and validated the uniqueness of disciplinary literacy (Moje, 2015; Shanahan and Shanahan, 2008; Spires et al., 2018). Case studies on individual schools looked at literacy within the context of a …
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High school teachers' stories of experiences with disciplinary literacy in their content area
… where multiple high school students receive literacy instruction can be explored through the narrative stories of teachers and their experience with disciplinary literacy instruction in their content area. The narrative, constructivist grounded theory approach to this research sought to make …
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Digital storytelling as an astronomy disciplinary literacy enhancement approach for adolescent Kyrgyzstani EFL students
… course (STEM-A) on EFL students’ STEM-A disciplinary literacy acquisition in English. The research was motivated by the increased significance of English as an international language of STEM instruction and addressed the transition between discourses encountered by students learning STEM …
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Investigating A State-Funded Disciplinary Literacy Program In Kentucky For Educators Of Adolescent Students
… for educators of adolescents, namely the Literacy for Adolescent Teachers (LAT), at a regional midsize university in Kentucky. The LAT is a year-long experience that enrollees undertake to grow professionally by gaining specific literacy skills. This study focuses specifically on …
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Examining the development of disciplinary literacy practices within a junior high exploratory professional learning project
Disciplinary Literacy, the ability to read, write, and think in ways characteristic of different academic disciplines, is a critical skill for students. Content area teachers, such as those in science, social studies, and math, often struggle with teaching these literacy skills, as their expertise …
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An Evaluation of Educator Preparedness in Content Area and Disciplinary Literacies in the High School Classroom
… currently exists between the content area and disciplinary literacy is how content area and disciplinary literacy strategies and educator preparedness to teach those components to fit together to further student achievement. The purpose of my study was to evaluate if educators are prepared to …
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The Next Generation and Texas Science: Life Science Teacher’s Use of Literacy and Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Assessing Students’ Abilities to Engage in Science Practices, A Three Article Dissertation
… the connection between science education and disciplinary literacy as an avenue to promote students’ proficiency of scientific practices. To do this, a progressive three-article dissertation format was followed to complete a qualitative evidence synthesis of three NSTA journals, conduct an …
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Teaching to Think & Read Like a Historian
This study explores how a disciplinary literacy framework could impact adolescent comprehension in the content area of social studies. I collected qualitative data by recording interviews with five high school social studies teachers, while also analyzing the school’s curriculum and its integration …
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Reading Motivation as a Moderator for Adolescent Literacy Outcomes
… often come to class without the necessary literacy proficiency for high school level content. English/Language Arts teachers find themselves needing to teach both grade level material alongside the basic, intermediate and disciplinary literacy skills students need to access text. Reading …
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Literacy For All: A Phenomenological Study On The Application Of Massachusetts Informational Reading Standards In Massachusetts Public High School Content-Area Disciplines
… building and district leaders target enhancing disciplinary literacy practices through professional development, resources, and coaching. The disparities in collaboration, scheduling, and district-supported professional development highlight the need for greater oversight and consistency from …
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"""I can only cognitively coach so much"": heavy coaching efforts amidst disciplinary complexities in secondary school classrooms"
… If efficacy expectations related to adolescent literacy are not met, instructional coaching runs the risk of being attempted and abandoned by secondary schools (Knight, 2007; Walpole & McKenna, 2008). Insufficient research has explored how secondary coaches attempt to impact adolescent literacy …
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Student negotiation of an undergraduate accounting assessment
… education studies acknowledge that specific disciplinary conventions exist, these practices are not analysed or described. This study asks the question: how do students negotiate undergraduate accounting assessments? To explore this problem, the academic communication practices in a …
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The Effect of a Metalinguistic Approach to Sentence Combining on Written Expression in Eighth Grade Science for Students who Struggle with Literacy
… students* are expected to develop advanced literacy skills, especially in writing, in order to be ready for college and careers. Students are expected to develop these advanced literacy skills, within all academic subjects. In other words, they are expected to develop disciplinary literacy …
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EDUCATORS’ UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC SENSEMAKING AND LITERACY: A CULTURAL-HISTORICAL ACTIVITY THEORY ANALYSIS
… understandings of scientific sensemaking and literacy during their participation in professional development. Six teachers from Marksboro Middle School initiated and participated in a semester-long book study of Ambitious Science Teaching (Windschitl, Thompson, & Braaten, 2018). Three of these …
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Exploring the role of clinical educators written feedback in demystifying clinical reasoning skills within the clinical evaluation examination in Physiotherapy: Perspectives from disciplinary expects and novices
… approach to teaching emphasises the need to make disciplinary literacy practices explicit to disciplinary novices who are in the process of entering a discourse community. Clinical reasoning (CR) skills, i.e., the valued practices and ways of being and doing involved in clinical practice, are …
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Examining How Novices, Apprenticing Experts, and Disciplinary Experts Approach Reading Academic Texts
<p>First-year college students are often unprepared for college-level reading, writing, and discourse. It is important to understand how various instructional practices affect students’ reading and writing abilities. The purpose of this study was to explore how reading and writing instruction …
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The Relationship Between the Next Generation Content Area Reading Professional Development Program on the Effectiveness of Teaching Literacy Strategies in High School Biology Classes
<p>The need for effective content area reading teachers have continued to increase since the introduction of one public school districts’ Content Area Reading Professional Development (CAR-PD) in 2006. In 2011, modifications were made to improve the program, and it became known as the Next …