ERIC Number: EJ990877
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Nov
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Multimodal Learning Clubs
Casey, Heather
Middle School Journal (J3), v44 n2 p39-48 Nov 2012
Multimodal learning clubs link principles of motivation and engagement with 21st century technological tools and texts to support content area learning. The author describes how a sixth grade health teacher and his class incorporated multimodal learning clubs into a unit of study on human body systems. The students worked collaboratively online and in the classroom with a texts that ranged from standard print, digital, and fixed and moving images. The author describes the implementation of the project and provides implications for practitioners.
Descriptors: Human Body, Clubs, Content Area Reading, Grade 6, Mentors, Intermode Differences, Learning Modalities, Adolescents, Literacy, Middle School Students, Learner Engagement, Technology Uses in Education, Reading, Reading Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Grade 6; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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