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Warden, Elisabeth – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2022
Boaler (2016) asserted that problem posing is the "essence of real mathematics", yet many students do not have opportunities to pose and then solve their own mathematical questions. Rather, students spend their time solving tasks someone else posed--often their teacher or textbook. To promote problem posing, the author designed,…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Adolescent Literature, Public Schools, Cartoons
Ovitt, Brigid; Rice, Mary Frances – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2020
In this teacher practitioner article, we share our experience presenting a humanities lesson in which students created a remix, or mashup, by combining contemporary fiction with historical documents. Theoretical underpinnings of this project included the work of linguists Kress and Van Leeuwen, who noted that texts are shaped by multiple…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 12, Humanities Instruction, Class Activities
Schreuder, Mary-Celeste; Savitz, Rachelle S. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2020
This article describes findings related to changes in the reading motivation of 12th grade language arts students who participated in an online book club partnership with college students. The study investigated the motivational impact of self-selected young adult novels, social interaction with college students and peers, and the online context…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Adolescent Literature, Clubs, Grade 12
Steadman, Sharilyn C. – English Journal, 2012
Teach "The Little Prince" to senior English students? Senior Advanced Placement English students? What could these people who had analyzed "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," wrestled with "The Sound and the Fury," dissected "Heart of Darkness," and deconstructed "East of Eden" possibly find of value in a "children's book"? The tendency to…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, English Instruction
Foster, Ellen J. – Geography Teacher, 2012
Functional literacy is important in both English/language arts and geography. Using the "found poetry" strategy, students will summarize a piece of text, identify main ideas and find geographic connections. While using young adult literature is a great way to incorporate geography into English/language arts classroom, understanding of geography…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Adolescent Literature, Current Events, Language Arts
Fues, Marianne Cole – Library Media Connection, 2009
Audiobooks have been around for years in various formats, like cassette tapes and CDs. This article describes a new type of audiobook on the market which is generating an interest in "reading." The device, called Playaway, is the size of a MP3 player and comes with a lanyard and ear buds. Buttons on the back of the player control the…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Handheld Devices
Schillinger, Trace – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2011
In 2006, a secondary English and feminist studies teacher created a course and designed a study around a reading exchange for eighth-grade girls from two vastly different communities. Girls from a school in a northeastern state read young adult novels and wrote about their reading and related topics with girls from Washington, DC on a wikispace…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Females, Background, Differences
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2008
This article presents annotations of 30 trade books on the 2008 list of Young Adults' Choices that are the result of voting by students in five different regions of the United States. Trade books (books other than textbooks) published in 2006 were submitted by more than 50 publishers. Each book had to have at least two positive reviews from…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Young Adults, Adolescent Attitudes