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Handbook of College Reading and Study Strategy Research
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© 2011 Armstrong. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Comm... more © 2011 Armstrong. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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Journal of College Reading and Learning
In this article, the authors report on a study designed to explore college students’ experiences ... more In this article, the authors report on a study designed to explore college students’ experiences in two writing environments, or ecologies: a media-free, silent zone and a media-saturated zone. Participants shared varying reactions to both environments. Some individuals found media distracting while writing, and others found it to be an energy boost or reward. And, where some participants initially indicated a preference for a silent environment, they discovered that pure silence caused an overload of mental activity. This variability of reactions to media multitasking suggests that educators need to facilitate this process and help students to reflect metacognitively regarding their optimal writing environment.
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The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review
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Journal of College Reading and Learning
At present, there is much discussion regarding the future of reading instruction at the postsecon... more At present, there is much discussion regarding the future of reading instruction at the postsecondary level. In order to contemplate the future of the field of college reading, however, we must first consider the field’s history, and particularly the last several decades. The purpose of this manuscript is to explore both the external and internal catalysts over the most recent decades that have led to what we call “the fall of the field of college reading.” After discussing “the fall,” we move on to anticipate the future of college reading by providing a solutions-oriented discussion that explores possibilities to re-claim, re-invent, and re-reform a once-vital and still very much-needed field.
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Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy
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Journal of College Reading and Learning
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Community College Journal of Research and Practice
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International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2011
Metaphor analysis procedures for uncovering participant conceptualizations have been well-establi... more Metaphor analysis procedures for uncovering participant conceptualizations have been well-established in qualitative research settings since the early 1980s; however, one common criticism of metaphor analysis is the trustworthiness of the findings. Namely, accurate determination of the conceptual metaphors held by participants based on the investigation of linguistic metaphors has been identified as a methodological issue because of the subjectivity involved in the interpretation; that is, because they are necessarily situated in specific social and cultural milieus, meanings of particular metaphors are not universally constructed nor understood. In light of these critiques, this article provides examples of two different triangulation methods that can be employed to supplement the trustworthiness of the findings when metaphor analysis methodologies are used.
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Journal of Developmental Education, 2010
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... Studies by Juel (1988) and others (eg Francis, Shaywitz, Stuebing, Shaywitz, & Fletch... more ... Studies by Juel (1988) and others (eg Francis, Shaywitz, Stuebing, Shaywitz, & Fletcher, 1996) indicate that those who exit first grade below a first ... Almost 20 years ago, Dr. Asa Hilliard (1991) raised the question "Do we have the will to educate all children?" Years later, Hilliard ...
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Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2011
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Teaching English in the two-year college, 2008
EJ792050 - Whither "Peer Review"? Terminology Matters for the Writing Classroom.
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Journal of Developmental Education, 2016
The inaugural issue of the Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education (JDRE), funded by the W.... more The inaugural issue of the Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education (JDRE), funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, was released in the spring of 1978 by the Center for Developmental Education at Appalachian State University. Under the direction of Milton "Bunk" Spann as Editor and May Garland as the Managing Editor, the new journal was focused on the needs of a growing field comprised of learning center personnel, administrators and faculty teaching basic skills subjects, postsecondary administrators, counseling/guidance specialists, and Upward Bound and Special Services personnel. Articles covered a myriad of topics of interest to this diverse readership. Furthermore, Gary Saretsky, as one of the pioneers of the National Association for Remedial/Developmental Studies in Post-Secondary Education (NARDSPE; later to be known as the National Association for Developmental Education), initiated the long and fruitful association between the Journal of Developmental Educati...
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Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
In recent years, contextualization has emerged as a buzzword in higher education, and, in communi... more In recent years, contextualization has emerged as a buzzword in higher education, and, in community college developmental education contexts in particular. However, it is important to note that contextualization is more than an innovation that is specific to the current developmental education reform movement, as iterations of this concept abound. In this manuscript, we provide an in-depth analysis of the current movement toward contextualization as it has evolved over many years in college reading and study strategy contexts. We begin by providing an overview of the historical background on the construct, as well as contemporary conceptualizations of what is now referred to as contextualization. Next, we describe an extensive integrative literature review on the topic of contextualization of college reading and study strategies, including the results of that review. We close with possible contributions of this review for higher education professionals designing contextualized learn...
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Journal of Developmental Education, 2018
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