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ERIC Number: EJ1211095
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1057-3569
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Historical Literacy Instruction for All Learners: Evidence from a Design Experiment
Wissinger, Daniel R.; Ciullo, Stephen P.; Shiring, Elizabeth J.
Reading & Writing Quarterly, v34 n6 p568-586 2018
We used a design-based research model to examine a historical literacy intervention in Grade 6 classrooms. This article describes the results across 2 separate instructional cycles and for students grouped into 4 categories: (a) high-achieving students (n = 23 and n = 24 for Cycle I and Cycle II, respectively), (b) average-achieving students (n = 39 and n = 44), (c) low-achieving students (n = 17 and n = 23), and students with disabilities (n = 9 and n = 8). The findings suggest that the intervention enhanced students' ability to read historical sources and produce more sophisticated historical writing. Although comparisons of measures of reading comprehension suggest that high-achieving students outperformed students with disabilities in 2 separate instructional cycles (all ps < 0.05), students with disabilities earned comparable comprehension scores as their average-achieving and low-achieving peers in both instructional cycles; moreover, all 4 groups of learners constructed essays at posttest in the 2nd instructional cycle that were statistically similar.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Flesch Kincaid Grade Level Formula
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