Research on teaching and learning with the literacies of young adolescents

Research on middle level education indicates that student learning at the middle level has a deep and abiding influence on post-secondary opportunities and career paths. As research continues to highlight the urgency of engaging middle level students in academic learning, it is increasingly clear th...

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Other Authors Malu, Kathleen F. (Editor), Schaefer, Mary Beth (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2015]
SeriesHandbook of research in middle level education series ; 10.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806611553
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-856-4
Physical Description1 online resource (xxvi, 285 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • A case study : One novice middle level teacher's beliefs, challenges, and practices for young adolescent english language learners / Bogum Yoon
  • Standardized testing, literacy, and english language learners : Lived multicultural stories among educational stakeholders / Elaine Chan and Candace Schlein
  • Literacy toolkit for empowering english language learners for academic literacies / Sally Humphrey
  • Digital gameplay : Effects on young adolescents' science content learning / Hiller A. Spires, Meixun Zheng, and Melissa E. Bartlett
  • Becoming a literate being : Preservice teachers using digital storytelling to reflect on personal narratives / Kathleen M. Brinegar and Cynthia Reyes
  • Digital storytelling in a middle level classroom : Travelingdown a bumpy road / Terry Campbell
  • Craigslist, lego, and wakeboarding : Examining the out-of-school sponsorship of early adolescent boys' literacy practices / Deborah Vriend Van Duinen
  • Engaging collaborative texts : Engaging interdisciplinary dialogue / Mark Vicars and Kim Senior
  • Life around literature in an urban afterschool program for middle school students / Gina Paese
  • Implementing reading clubs in an urban after-school setting / Roberta A. Linder
  • Boys' distribution of literacies / Mary Rice
  • New research directions for teaching and learning with literacies of young adolescents / Mary Beth Schaefer and Kathleen F. Malu
  • Finding new adolescent literacies : Recommended resources / Kathleen F. Malu and Mary Beth Schaefer.