Study skills were an early and important topic in reading; however, since the 1970s, they
have received relatively little research attention. The authors systematically analyzed the …

A review of the current research literature demonstrates that teaching for social justice has
been accepted by the research community as best practice for students, especially diverse …

In this qualitative study, that took place in a coeducational government school in Western
Australia, I adopt a social-constructivist perspective of learning (Rogoff, 1990; Vygotsky …

Multiliteracies‐related research is just emerging from the formal discourse of pedagogical
theorising and how it may look in practice needs further exploration. This research, initiated …

Unlike previous research on computer-mediated discussions that has focused analysis on
the final conversation as a completed product, this study was focused on the process by …

Changing Conceptions and Uses of Computer Technologies in the Everyday: This study
focused on 189 sixth and seventh graders in two large suburban schools and their use of …

Adolescent writing proficiency is widely considered to be in a state of crisis nationally, and
new instructional approaches are needed to raise writing proficiency among all adolescents …

This research project sets out a'synthetic approach'(Wetherell, 1998) to discourse analysis
by combining elements of conversational analysis and critical discourse analysis. I explain …

The purpose of this qualitative case study is to investigate how blogging as a reader
response tool influences students' writing, response to literature, and thinking. From October …

2005; National Association of Secondary School Principals, 2005; National Association of
State Boards of Education, 2005), official government documents (US Department of …