scholarly journals Effective Literacy Instruction for Adolescents

2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna E. Alvermann
Keyword(s):  
Critical Literacy ◽  
Struggling Readers ◽  
Literacy Instruction ◽  
Adolescent Literacy ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
School Level ◽  
Elementary Grades ◽  
High School Level ◽  
General Audience ◽  
The Board Of Directors

This article, written for a general audience, focuses on the importance of keeping adolescents' interests and needs foremost in mind when designing literacy instruction at the middle and high school level. It is a slightly revised version of a position paper that the Board of Directors of the National Reading Conference (NRC) commissioned this past year to underscore the need to continue literacy instruction beyond the elementary grades. Posted originally to NRC's web page ( http://nrc.oakland.edu ), the paper argues that adolescent literacy instruction, if it is to be effective, must address issues of self-efficacy and student engagement with a variety of texts (e.g., textbooks, hypermedia texts, digital texts) in diverse settings. It must also attend to the literacy demands of subject area classes, to struggling readers, to issues of critical literacy, and to participatory instructional approaches that actively engage adolescents in their own learning.

Nominees for 1973 Election

1972 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Donovan A. Johnson ◽  
Wade Ellis ◽  
W. Eugene Ferguson ◽  
Sarah Greenholz ◽  
Clarence H. Heinke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Junior High School ◽  
School Level ◽  
College Level ◽  
High School Level ◽  
New Members ◽  
Two Year College ◽  
The North ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
President Elect ◽  
Junior High School Level

The Nominations Committee needs your help in selecting nominees for the 1973 election. At that time, a president-elect and four new members for the Board of Directors will be elected. Board nominees who represent the elementary school level, the junior high school level, the two-year college level, and the North Central region are needed.

Is Less More? Subject-Area Specialization and Outcomes in Elementary Schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-382
Author(s):  
Kevin C. Bastian ◽  
C. Kevin Fortner
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Effective Teachers ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
School Level ◽  
Upper Elementary ◽  
Reading Teachers ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Elementary Grades ◽  
Secondary Grades

Whereas subject-area specialization is common practice in secondary grades, little is known about its incidence and impact in elementary schools. In this study we use data from North Carolina elementary schools to assess which teachers specialize and estimate whether specialization is associated with teacher effectiveness and school achievement. We find that specialization is prevalent in upper-elementary grades—approximately 25 percent of fourth-grade teachers and 37 percent of fifth-grade teachers specialize—and schools assign relatively more effective teachers to specialize. Analyses indicate that specialization is not leading to its theorized benefits in mathematics and reading. Teachers are less effective than they were before specializing and school-level achievement is not associated with more specialization. However, science results suggest benefits to subject-area specialization. These findings question the use of specialization in elementary grades but invite continued research to more fully assess its impact.

Report of the Nominating Committee

1955 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-123
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Vice President ◽  
School Level ◽  
College Level ◽  
High School Level ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Junior High School Level

The Committee on Nominations and Elections presents the persons listed below as candidates for office of Vice-President, College Level; Vice-President, Junior High School Level; and additional members of the Board of Directors. There are two candidates for each position.

Contemporary Curriculum Issues: Statistics in the Middle Grades: Understanding Center and Spread

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Gary Kader ◽  
Jim Mamer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
Statistical Problem ◽  
School Level ◽  
Elementary Grades ◽  
Statistical Thinking ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Problem Solving Process ◽  
K 12

The GAISE report emphasizes the importance of students having experience with statistical thinking throughout the pre-K-12 curriculum. Students' encounters with statistics in the middle grades should build on their foundational experiences from the elementary grades and provide a link to the inferential types of statistical thinking developed at the high school level. Middle-grades students should be actively involved in the statistical problem-solving process described in the GAISE report. That process involves (1) formulating a question that can be addressed with data, (2) collecting data to address the question, (3) analyzing the data, and (4) interpreting the results.

The Taxonomy of Thinking in Reading Questions in “Look Ahead an English Course for Senior High School Level 1, 2, & 3”

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beny Septian Panjaitan And Rahmad Husein
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Level ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Cognitive Dimension ◽  
Look Ahead ◽  
Table Analysis ◽  
Level 1

This study aimed at analyzing the cognitive dimension based on Revised BloomTaxonomy in reading questions in Look Ahead an English Course for Senior HighSchool Level 1, 2, & 3. This study used quantitative research design. The sampleswere 141 reading questions which taken by using random sampling technique byusing Statistical Program for Social Science (SPSS) version 20.0. in Look Aheadan English Course for Senior High School Level 1, 2, & 3. The data were analyzedby using Table analysis of cognitive dimension of Revised Bloom Taxonomy. Theanalysis showed that the most dominant cognitive dimension of Revised BloomTaxonomy in remembering dimension (57.45%). The second dominant cognitivedimension is understanding dimension (26.24%). The third dominant cognitivedimension is evaluating dimension (10.64%). The fourth dominant cognitivedimension is creating dimension (3.55%). The fifth dominant cognitive dimension isanalyzing dimension (2.13%). There was no cognitive dimension of applyingdimension that applied in reading question of the textbooks.

PEMANFAATAN PENDAPATAN PEDAGANG BAKSO IKAN TUNA KELILING DI KOTA AMBON

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Hardianti Abubakar ◽  
Yolanda MTN Apituley ◽  
Lilian M. Soukotta
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Level ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Average Income ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Tuna Fish ◽  
Fish Meat ◽  
The Family ◽  
Personal Needs ◽  
Origin Area

As a form of diversified processed fish meat, tuna meatball is very popular to people in Ambon. This type of food is sold by traders from Java by walking or cycling. Difficulties living in the origin area require traders to leave their families and go out looking for jobs in other areas with hopes that the family needs are met. The purpose of this research is to analyze (1). Characteristics of mobile tuna meatball traders in Ambon, (2). The amount of income received by mobile tuna meatball traders in Ambon, and (3). Percentage income utilized by the mobile tuna meatball traders either in family or personal needs. The study was conducted by survey and data obtained through interviews and observations from May to October 2018. The results show that the average age of meatball traders was between <25-65 yo, having education in junior and senior high school level, with the highest number of dependants 1-2 people and <5 years trading experience. The average income of tuna fish meatball traders is Rp. 4,747,231, - which is used for personal and family needs. Seven  traders use more than 50% for family needs and the rest for personal needs, while six traders utilize more than 60 % for personal needs and the rest for family needs.

Mobile devices on teaching-learning process for high school level

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (04) ◽  
pp. 330-340
Author(s):  
Wayan Suryasa ◽  
Jose Reynaldo Zambrano Mendoza ◽  
Telmo Mendoza Mera ◽  
Maria Elena Moya Martinez ◽  
Maria Rodriguez Gamez
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
School Level ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Teaching Learning

A Social Norms Approach to Reducing Alcohol Consumption Among College Freshmen

NASPA Journal ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jannette Y. Berkley-Patton ◽  
Ellie C. Prosser ◽  
Kathleen A. McCluskey-Fawcett ◽  
Carrie Towns
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
School Level ◽  
Drinking Patterns ◽  
Normative Feedback ◽  
High School Level ◽  
University Life ◽  
Incoming Freshmen

The social norms media approach is an intervention designed to change college students’ drinking behavior by correcting false perceptions through normative feedback. The present study is a preliminary assessment of a social norms intervention’s attempt to decrease drinking amounts in students making the transition to university life. Data were collected on three groups of first-year students: (a) spring 1999 for baseline freshmen drinking norms, (b) summer 1999 to assess incoming freshmen drinking patterns, and (c) spring 2000 as a follow-up to assess effectiveness of the intervention for freshmen who entered fall 1999. Results indicated that the majority of freshmen students consistently drank in a moderate range (0–5 drinks), yet consistently overestimated their peers’ drinking levels. Incoming freshmen had significantly higher levels of drinking and greater misperceptions than baseline university freshmen. Results suggest the drinking rates significantly decreased for incoming freshmen from summer 1999 compared to spring 2000 follow-up norms. Also, the results suggest that normative feedback on college students’ drinking may be needed at the high school level to correct faulty perceptions prior to entering a university environment.

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