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TAKING THE PULSE OF ADOLESCENT LITERACY RESEARCH 

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 

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  1. TAKING THE PULSE OF ADOLESCENT LITERACY RESEARCH  Jennifer Wilson Clayton Leishman John Robertson The University of South Carolina

  2. 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?

  3. 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)

  4. Methodology • Journal Selection • Article Selection • Data Collection Form • Inter-reliabity • Data Analysis

  5. 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

  6. Methodology • Parameters for article selection • Featured articles • Grades 5-9 • 418 articles • Definition literacy: (New London group)

  7. Methodology • Data Collection tool • Rubric/Checklist • Bibliographic information • Type of research • Grade Level • Demographic data • Categories • Summary • General Review

  8. Methodology • Inter-relalibity (cite) • Initial trial form • Monthly on anomolies/outliers/vague

  9. Methodology • Data Analysis • Checklist data entered into SPSS • Frequency charts created • Collapse data

  10. What type of research is most prominent?

  11. Top Five Topics

  12. Bottom Five Topics

  13. 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)

  14. 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.

  15. 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

  16. 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

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