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Using Dialogic Writing Assessment to Support the Development of Historical Literacy
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Beck, Sarah W.; del Calvo, Andrew O. – Literacy, 2023
Though discipline-specific approaches to literacy instruction can support adolescents' academic literacy and identity development, scant attention has been paid to ways of targeting such instruction to address individual student needs. Dialogic writing assessment is an approach to conducting writing conferences that foregrounds students' composing…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Dialogs (Language), Social Studies, History Instruction
Hanging out in "The Studio" to Challenge Xenophobia: Consolidating Identities as Community Writers
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Coban, Osman; McAdam, Julie E.; Arizpe, Evelyn – Literacy, 2020
This article examines findings from a Scottish Social Innovation Fund project carried out in an after-school club known as "The Studio." Researchers worked alongside artists to engage young people situated within their communities to challenge xenophobic discourses through the creation of positive narratives developed through story and…
Descriptors: Stranger Reactions, After School Programs, Youth Clubs, Sense of Community
Enhancing Children's Literacy Skills: Designing the Q-Tales Ecosystem for Children's E-Book Design and Publication
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Thompson Long, Bonnie; Hall, Tony; Hogan, Michael; Papastamatiou, Nikos – Literacy, 2018
This article describes the conceptualisation and development of a pedagogical framework to support the design of e-books for children to enhance literacy development. It emerged from research undertaken within the Q-Tales international consortium project of the EU's Horizon 2020 Programme for Research and Innovation, where the aim was to…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Books, Childrens Literature, Educational Technology
Collaborative Writing with Young People with Disabilities: Raising New Questions of Authorship and Agency
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Satchwell, Candice – Literacy, 2019
How an author communicates with a reader is a central consideration in the critical examination of any text. When considering the communication of ideas from young people whose voices are seldom heard, the journey from author to audience has particular significance. The construction of children and young people as 'authors' is important,…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Students with Disabilities, Authors, Learning Problems
Researching Writing Events: Using Mediated Discourse Analysis to Explore How Students Write Together
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Rish, Ryan M. – Literacy, 2015
This article addresses how mediated discourse theory and related analytical tools can be used to explore how students write together. Considered within a sociocultural framework that conceptualises writing as involving distributed, mediated and dialogic processes of invention, this article presents an investigation of how three high school…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Collaborative Writing, High School Students, Authors
Teaching Narrative Writing Using Comics: Delainey and Rasmussen, the Creators of "Betty," Share Their Composing Strategies as Rich Literacy Resources for Elementary Teachers
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Nixon, Rhonda – Literacy, 2012
The author explores how comics texts and writing practices are rich literacy resources for educators. Few studies report on how teachers explore such texts and practices in their classrooms. The author examines how drawing improves students' narrative writing and presents findings from a 7-month case study of Delainey and Rasmussen's collaborative…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Layout (Publications), Collaborative Writing, Reader Text Relationship