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"I Get My Facts from the Internet": A Case Study of the Teaching and Learning of Information Literacy in In-School and Out-of-School Contexts
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McTavish, Marianne – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2009
This article investigates the intersection between the in-school information literacy practices and out-of-school (i.e. home and community) information literacy practices of a third grade student and examines how this intersection may be contributing to his overall literacy learning. Data collected from field notes; observations of in-school and…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Grade 3, Case Studies, Alignment (Education)
An Ecological Perspective on the Socially Embedded Nature of Reading and Writing
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Pantaleo, Sylvia – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2009
This article examines the writing of three Grade 3 students and discusses how these girls drew upon their symbolic tools, specifically those developed as a result of their experiences with particular kinds of texts. The students were participants in a multifaceted study that explored Grades 3 and 4 students' understandings of and responses to…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Elementary School Students