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Direct linkTheriault, Jennifer C. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2022
An important part of college learning is the ability to comprehend complex texts. Research indicates that epistemic beliefs--views about what knowledge is like and how people come to know--may guide readers' goals and behaviors. Metaphor is a tool for uncovering individual's beliefs. This article reports on a study examining 90 beginning…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Comprehension, Academic Language, Figurative Language
Download full textBilikozen, Neslihan – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2019
This article reports on the partial results of a longitudinal study I conducted to investigate the first-year students' experiences in dealing with the challenges they face while attaining the academic literacy skills required of them and constructing their academic identities at an American university in the UAE. While the challenges encountered…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Literacy, Reading Skills
