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Greene, Delicia Tiera – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2022
This qualitative inquiry examines how a White literacy teacher learns from and with a Black girl through multimodal composing in an out-of-school, alternative learning context. Data collection instruments include field observations, teacher planning sheets, teacher reflections, and researcher feedback. Multimodal Literacy Pedagogy and Black Girls'…
Descriptors: African American Students, Females, Cultural Influences, African American Culture
Hong, Carrie Eunyoung; Choi, Geon-ah – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2022
Despite its importance in promoting student academic achievement and career development, writing pedagogy has received little emphasis in research and professional development efforts. The purpose of this study was to examine teacher perceptions and practices of writing in the middle grades from a cross-cultural perspective. 16 middle-grade…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Middle School Students, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Lawrence, Salika A.; Langan, Elise; Maurer, Julie – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2019
This paper describes how a three-day summer workshop on using primary sources helped teachers increase the emphasis placed on disciplinary literacy when teaching social studies and history. Two specific issues in teacher education and practice are addressed. First, increasing teachers' content knowledge of history topics can help them plan lessons…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Content Area Reading, Literacy, Social Studies
Javeed, Lubna – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2019
This qualitative case study was an in-depth exploration into how writing may facilitate disciplinary literacy in an eleventh grade physics classroom. In response to the dearth of writing instruction in high school disciplinary classrooms, this study was an in-depth exploration into how writing may facilitate the cultivation of disciplinary writing…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Physics, Content Area Writing, Secondary School Science
Brunow, Valerie – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2016
This article is a resource for educators looking to offer personal instruction and literacy opportunities to secondary students. It provides a thoughtful and in-depth look at the workshop model in a high school setting. It offers methods and suggestions for setting up the workshop model to methods and strategies for diverse learners. The…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Classroom Techniques, Literacy, Writing Workshops
Stygles, Justin – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2014
Teaching with song lyrics has many popular variations. The Common Core State Standards discourage pre-teaching, leaving students somewhat adrift. Song lyrics possess the potential to scaffold students' schema in select social studies topics. Using reciprocal teaching (Palinscar & Brown 1984) within the reading workshop students ponder…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Singing, Social Studies, Music Activities
Falk-Ross, Francine; Evans, Brian – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2014
Five content area teachers participated in this year-long qualitative research study focused on developing a language-building approach to support literacy activities for marginalized students. A mixed methods design evaluated the impact of the professional development program with the teachers. Data included structured interviews with the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
Tagliaferro, Heather – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2012
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." Change can be scary. Quite often people find themselves venturing down an unknown path, unsure of what twists and turns will come their way. This uncertainty brings about questions, anxiety, and for some, a sense of panic. Similar emotions…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Career Readiness, College Readiness, Alignment (Education)
Maples, Joellen – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2010
This paper explores a middle school teacher's and his students' perceptions of the differences between online synchronous literature discussions and face-to-face literature discussions. Each member of this literature group participated in two face-to-face and two online literature discussions. Participants were interviewed twice to discuss their…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship, Computer Mediated Communication, Literary Criticism
Lawrence, Salika A.; Harrison, Maureen – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2009
This article describes the process used by one high school teacher to incorporate writing into her classroom. The teacher made several modifications to her curriculum to provide her students with opportunities to engage in online research, and produce text for real-world audiences. The students' comments indicate that although they were initially…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Projects, Writing Assignments, Literacy
Falk-Ross, Francine; Linder, Roberta – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2009
Students in intermediate and middle level grades are often caught up in the exciting visual images and auditory stimuli that are a part of all their everyday communication and learning experiences. As a group of students who are growing intellectually and socially in the midst of, and through, predominantly media messages, they require reading and…
Descriptors: Literacy, Student Needs, Educational Practices, Media Literacy
Darvin, Jacqueline – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2009
The purpose of this article is to provide a model of an academic intervention and support program in literacy that focuses on the needs of individual students and revalues them as readers, goals that are of extreme importance when working with adolescents who have repeatedly experienced academic failure and view themselves as poor readers. This…
Descriptors: Intervention, Clubs, After School Programs, Academic Support Services
Robertson, Joanne Marie – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2008
This descriptive narrative presents a university/school partnership that led to an inquiry-based approach to language arts instruction, resulting in increased opportunities for reflective teaching and learning, students' environmental awareness projects, the integration of science, and the individualization of instruction at the middle school…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Inquiry, Program Descriptions, College School Cooperation
Herbeck, Joyce; Beier, Clara; Franzak, Judith K.; Stolp, Susan – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2008
In a test-driven society such as ours, the reasons not to take on the time-consuming and controversial topic of critical literacy are many; however, this article hopes to convince educators at all levels that the benefits of engaging students in questioning, reflecting, and taking action are well worth the effort. The article begins with a…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Middle School Students, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
Lawrence, Salika A. – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2007
Literacy assessments are transforming the contexts of secondary instruction. This article reports how literacy assessments are shaping the instructional choices of nine English Language Arts teachers who work in three different states in northeastern United States--New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. Through interviews, the teachers reported…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Test Preparation, State Programs, Literacy
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