taking the pulse of adolescent literacy research
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TAKING THE PULSE OF ADOLESCENT LITERACY RESEARCH . Jennifer Wilson Clayton Leishman John Robertson The University of South Carolina. Questions. What are the pedagogical/research recent trends in early adolescent literacy as reported/documented in NCTE, IRA, and NMSA professional journals? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Jennifer WilsonClayton Leishman
John RobertsonThe University of South Carolina
What are the pedagogical/research recent trends in early adolescent literacy as reported/documented in NCTE, IRA, and NMSA professional journals?
◦ What type of research is most prominent?
◦ How is early adolescent literacy defined?
◦ What gaps exist?
◦ How is our work situated within the literature?
Heurmenetics Phenonomology (Moustaks, date?)
Grounded Theory (Glaser & Straus, date)
Early Adolescence (Turning Points, 2000)
Literature Reviews of Adolescent Literacy (Cassidy, Garret, Bareer, 2006; Roe, 2008)
Journal Selection Article Selection Data Collection Form Inter-reliabity Data Analysis
MethodologyMethodology
Journal selection
Middle School Journal Research in Middle Level
Education Online Middle Ground Voices from the Middle Journal of Adolescent and Adult
Literacy Language Arts English Journal Reading and Research Quarterly Research in the Teaching of
English
MethodologyMethodology
Parameters for article selection
Featured articles Grades 5-9 418 articles Definition literacy:
(New London group)
MethodologyMethodology
Data Collection tool Rubric/Checklist Bibliographic
information Type of research Grade Level Demographic data Categories Summary General Review
MethodologyMethodology
Inter-relalibity (cite) Initial trial form Monthly on
anomolies/outliers/vague
MethodologyMethodology
Data Analysis Checklist data entered into SPSS
Frequency charts created
Collapse data
“What’s Hot”◦ Comprehension (12.2)◦ ELL (13.9)◦ Content Literacy (11)◦ Vocabulary (9.3)
“What’s not Hot, but should be Hot”◦ Critical Literacy (14.6)◦ Diversity (14.4)◦ Writing (28)◦ Technology (13.2)◦ Motivation (8.1)
Fairbanks, C.M. (2006). The role of social and cultural resources in literacy and schooling: Three contrasting cases. Research in the Teaching of English, 40(3), 310-354.
Campano, G. (2005). The second class: Providing space in the margins. Language Arts, 82(3), 186-194.
Frank, C., Arroyo, M., & Land, R. (2004).The ethnography book. Language Arts, 81(5), 368-376.
We agree with Roe, the dearth of empirical on early adolescent literacy
Deepen our of diversity
Rethink how we define early adolescent literacy-move beyond content area literacy and vocabulary and create a more comprehensive understanding
Pilot Study Clear Timelines Consistent Tracking Methods Data Collection (Collecting more quality
data than you think you need) Questions are going to change as the study
evolves Using technology from the beginning and
more consistently