Perception of teaching literacy in elementary content areas

ISBN-13: 9783848432561 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 212 str.

Lisa Jones-Moore

Opis

This mixed-methods study explored third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers perceptions of their role in teaching content literacy in the elementary science and social studies classroom. The rationale for this study was the growing number of studies questioning the reliance on the inoculation theory for content area literacy comprehension. The study was a mixed methods study so as to provide insight into the participants thought processes in decision making and instructional planning. Data sources included timed instructional observations, tiered checklist to identify strategy instruction, and prompted critical reflections. The three-tiered observation instrument categorized strategies used by teachers in tiers according to the focus of the strategy. Tier I strategies were those identified as strategies good readers use, typically taught with narrative text. The inoculation theory posits these skills transfer to reading informational and expository text. Tier II strategies were those identified as strategies appropriate for informational or expository text.

O autorze

Lisa Jones-Moore began her educational career teaching math and marketing in Louisiana and Tennessee. After 16 years in a high school classroom, she became an Educational Program Consultant II at the Tennessee Department of Education. Lisa completed her Masters and PhD in Reading and is currently an Associate Professor at Valdosta State University