To examine the current state of reading attitudes among middle school students in the
United States, a survey was developed and administered to 4,491 students in 23 states plus …

This popular text, now in its fourth edition,“unpacks” the various dimensions of literacy—
linguistic and other sign systems; cognitive; sociocultural; and developmental—and at the …

Online discussion groups have become a resource for teachers seeking ongoing
professional development. Despite their popularity, there has been little systematic …

While there is emerging literature addressing the gendered nature of digital communication
between youth, research about the everyday communications, friendships, and social …

This paper focuses on the ways girls use digital environments, like Word, PowerPoint and
chatting programmes, for writing and communication purposes. By combining quantitative …

For this post-critical ethnography and Participatory Action Research (PAR) study I
collaboratively developed and studied a middle school social justice course with students in …

Gender is a determinant of online social behavior, and it is important to understand gender
dynamics in online spaces. This study examines gender iden-tification as a conceptual …

I collected forty-two e-mail forwards over the course of four months, and from those I
formulated a framework that adapts existing theory in collection and study of real-world …

Gender is a determinant of online social behavior, and it is important to understand gender
dynamics in online spaces. This study examines gender identification as a conceptual …

Technology is changing the way society interacts, communicates, collaborates, and learns.
Improved cell phone capabilities and an ever increasing amount of cell phone applications …