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Exley, Beryl; Cottrell, Amber – English in Australia, 2012
The recently introduced "Australian Curriculum: English" (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2012) requires students to "read" multimodal text and describe the effects of structure and organisation. We begin this article by tracing the variable understandings of what reading multimodal text might…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intermode Differences, Learning Modalities, Multimedia Instruction
Kress, Gunther; Selander, Staffan – Internet and Higher Education, 2012
In this article, a design-oriented, multimodal understanding of learning will be outlined. There seems to be a need for a new conceptualisation of learning in an era characterised by an increasing virtual space, blended media and new communicative patterns. This means a broader understanding of learning, and a theoretical understanding of…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Learning Modalities, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Hall, Matthew – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This qualitative study analyzed the meaning-making practices of urban adolescents participating in a college preparatory program featuring philosophical inquiry into cosmopolitanism and the creation of multimodal texts. In contrast to studies of composing that focus on individual outcomes, this dissertation traced group meaning making. The study…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Qualitative Research, Urban Schools, Adolescents
Shanahan, Lynn E. – Written Communication, 2013
This interpretive case study investigated how a fifth-grade teacher's social practices with visual and linguistic signs positioned her students (10- and 11-year-olds) to take up particular modes as they constructed digital compositions. The context of the study was a suburban public school in the northeastern United States. Analysis was threefold.…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship, Multimedia Materials
Domingo, Myrrh – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2014
In an increasingly diverse and digital society, understanding changes in contemporary communication practices that both draw from and extend beyond traditional principles of composition serves as an apt construct for exploring the nexus among youth, literacy and technology. This article will examine instances of urban youth exchanges in digital…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Youth, Ethnography, Language Acquisition
Ajayi, Lasisi – Journal of Literacy Research, 2015
This research investigates how three female Nigerian high school students were taught to deploy critical multimodal literacy to interrogate texts and reconstruct unequal social structures. A class of ninth-grade students in an all-women school was given instruction through the analysis of how multiple modes were used to represent meanings in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Critical Literacy, High School Students
Lee, Sohui; Carpenter, Russell – Across the Disciplines, 2015
In this article, the authors explore the corpus of literature on creative thinking and applied creativity in higher education to help composition teacher-scholars and writing center practitioners improve the application of creativity in written, visual, and multimodal composing practices. From studies of creative thinking investigated across…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing (Composition), Creativity
Waters, Gillian M.; Beck, Sarah R. – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
In two experiments, we investigated whether 4- to 5-year-old children's ability to demonstrate their understanding of aspectuality was influenced by how the test question was phrased. In Experiment 1, 60 children chose whether to look or feel to gain information about a hidden object (identifiable by sight or touch). Test questions referred either…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Spatial Ability, Perception
Cueva, Melany; Kuhnley, Regina; Cueva, Katie – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2012
Building upon the dynamic traditions of Alaska Native people, which include the arts as a viable way of knowing, the expressive arts were woven into a five-day cancer education course for Alaska village-based Community Health Workers (CHWs). Cancer is the leading cause of mortality for Alaska Native people. Course learning modalities included…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Learning Modalities, Public Health, Cancer
Pantaleo, Sylvia – Education 3-13, 2012
This article focuses on the graphic novel produced by a 12-year-old student who participated in a multifaceted study that provided her with opportunities to engage with multimodal texts. An ecological perspective on teaching and learning framed the classroom-based research that explored how developing students' knowledge of literary and…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Novels, Grade 7, Middle School Students
Kenneth Kimani Kungu – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to explore and determine the level of readiness for lifelong learning of volunteers affiliated with a 4-H youth development program in the southern United States. Based on a literature review, readiness for lifelong learning was conceptualized as incorporating aspects of response to triggers for learning,…
Descriptors: Readiness, Lifelong Learning, Volunteers, Youth Programs
Agostini, Preslie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined student preferences of learning environment in three separate learning modalities (traditional, online, and hybrid) in an English 102 course at three community colleges in central Arizona. The basis for the study revolved around the constructivist theory, which implies that students learn from their own experiences. The…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Student Attitudes, Educational Environment
Sewell, William C.; Denton, Shawn – English Journal, 2011
To provide insight into the issue of multimodal literacy instruction, the authors explore presentation techniques and instructional activities employed in their secondary language arts classes. They collaborate on assignments that focus students on "anchored media instruction" and engage them in producing multimodal, technology-infused projects,…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Literacy, Secondary Education, Multimedia Instruction
Taylor, Jonte'; Villanueva, Mary Grace – Science and Children, 2014
Ensuring science for all in the classroom requires that all students are afforded ways to grasp key science and engineering practices; however, we know that the practice of "obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information" can be a challenging task for children with high incidence disabilities (NGSS Lead States 2013, p. 15).…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, At Risk Students, Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders
Lee, Hsiao-Chien – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2014
The theory of learning multimodality is receiving greater attention. Its application in language learning classes is also increasing in number. Since Chinese-speaking EFL learners are likely to be visual learners, as an instructor of Taiwanese EFL students, I have come to believe that arts integrated, multimodal projects help less confident and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Modalities, Art Activities