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McGrail, Ewa; Tinker Sachs, Gertrude M.; Lewis, Megan – Reading Horizons, 2020
The researchers in this qualitative case study explored the dialogic experiences of elementary school students during Comic Book Club meetings held in their local community resource center. The researchers wanted to know what experiences of dialogism were manifested in children's conversations about reading, writing, and comic creation and what…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Teaching Methods, Case Studies, Elementary School Students
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McGrail, Ewa; Rieger, Alicja; Doepker, Gina M. – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2017
Recently, education and literacy researchers have acknowledged educational merit in guided reading that incorporates interactive and authentic reading texts, such as graphic novels, which meet the needs of today's predominantly multimodal learners ( Jennings, Rule, & Zanden, 2014; Kist & Pytash, 2015). This qualitative study explores…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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McGrail, Ewa; Rieger, Alicja; Doepker, Gina M.; McGeorge, Samantha – SANE Journal: Sequential Art Narrative in Education, 2018
National guidelines such as the "Standards for the 21st Century Learner" (American Association of School Librarians, 2007) and the "Common Core State Standards" (Common Core State Standards, 2010) recognize the importance of using a wide range of informational texts, including comic books and graphic novels to teach content, in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Cartoons, Common Core State Standards
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McGrail, Ewa; Rieger, Alicja – Childhood Education, 2016
Research supports the inclusion of children with disabilities in general education classrooms as a way to boost academic and social development, not only for children with disabilities, but also for typically developing children. A wide variety of perspectives and abilities in the classroom builds empathy, understanding, and creativity--all…
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Inclusion, Consciousness Raising