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TAKING THE PULSE OF ADOLESCENT LITERACY RESEARCH . Jennifer Wilson Clayton Leishman John Robertson The University of South Carolina. Questions. What are the pedagogical/research recent trends in early adolescent literacy as reported/documented in NCTE, IRA, and NMSA professional journals?
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TAKING THE PULSE OF ADOLESCENT LITERACY RESEARCH Jennifer Wilson Clayton Leishman John Robertson The University of South Carolina
Questions • What are the pedagogical/research recent trends in early adolescent literacy as reported/documented in NCTE, IRA, and NMSA professional journals? • What type of research is most prominent? • How is early adolescent literacy defined? • What gaps exist? • How is our work situated within the literature?
Thereotical Foundation • Heurmenetics Phenonomology (Moustaks, date?) • Grounded Theory (Glaser & Straus, date) • Early Adolescence (Turning Points, 2000) • Literature Reviews of Adolescent Literacy (Cassidy, Garret, Bareer, 2006; Roe, 2008)
Methodology • Journal Selection • Article Selection • Data Collection Form • Inter-reliabity • Data Analysis
Methodology • Middle School Journal • Research in Middle Level Education Online • Middle Ground • Voices from the Middle • Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy • Language Arts • English Journal • Reading and Research Quarterly • Research in the Teaching of English • Journal selection
Methodology • Parameters for article selection • Featured articles • Grades 5-9 • 418 articles • Definition literacy: (New London group)
Methodology • Data Collection tool • Rubric/Checklist • Bibliographic information • Type of research • Grade Level • Demographic data • Categories • Summary • General Review
Methodology • Inter-relalibity (cite) • Initial trial form • Monthly on anomolies/outliers/vague
Methodology • Data Analysis • Checklist data entered into SPSS • Frequency charts created • Collapse data
How does this work compare to the other claims about early adolescent literacy? • “What’s Hot” • Comprehension (12.2) • ELL (13.9) • Content Literacy (11) • Vocabulary (9.3) • “What’s not Hot, but should be Hot” • Critical Literacy (14.6) • Diversity (14.4) • Writing (28) • Technology (13.2) • Motivation (8.1)
Favorites • Fairbanks, C.M. (2006). The role of social and cultural resources in literacy and schooling: Three contrasting cases. Research in the Teaching of English, 40(3), 310-354. • Campano, G. (2005). The second class: Providing space in the margins. Language Arts, 82(3), 186-194. • Frank, C., Arroyo, M., & Land, R. (2004).The ethnography book. Language Arts, 81(5), 368-376.
Early Adolescent Literacy Call • We agree with Roe, the dearth of empirical on early adolescent literacy • Deepen our of diversity • Rethink how we define early adolescent literacy-move beyond content area literacy and vocabulary and create a more comprehensive understanding
Lessons Learned • Pilot Study • Clear Timelines • Consistent Tracking Methods • Data Collection (Collecting more quality data than you think you need) • Questions are going to change as the study evolves • Using technology from the beginning and more consistently