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Unpacking and Operationalizing Disciplinary Literacy: A Review of Disciplinary Literacy Inquiry and Instruction

Zhihui Fang, Dana A. Robertson, Cynthia H. Brock, Vassiliki (Vicky) I. Zygouris‐Coe

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy > 64 > 2 > 240 - 242

This forum reviews a mix of resources to inform pedagogy and related educational practices that foreground representations of youth and their literacy practices within and outside of school.

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Disciplinary Literacy in a Second‐Grade Classroom: A Science Inquiry Unit

Kate Muir Welsh, Cynthia H. Brock, Dana A. Robertson, Laurie (Darian) Thrailkill

The Reading Teacher > 73 > 6 > 723 - 734

The limited time available to teach content area subjects, given the intense demands for literacy and math instruction, is a common concern in U.S. elementary schools. Unfortunately, this is especially true in schools that serve students who are less economically advantaged. With time being a perennial concern for educators, integrated disciplinary literacy instruction is an alternative way to conceptualize...

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Keeping Students Interested: Interest‐Based Instruction as a Tool to Engage

Dana A. Robertson, Christopher James Padesky

The Reading Teacher > 73 > 5 > 575 - 586

Interest‐based instruction involves attending to students’ individual interests, including their existing topical interests, and triggering new situational interests, which can be cultivated during instruction. Understanding four teaching actions—approaching curricular planning intentionally, contextualizing learning, building relevance and value in the task or topic, and incorporating inquiry and...

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“Let's FaceTime Tonight”: Using Digital Tools to Enhance Coaching

Christine M. Leighton, Evelyn Ford‐Connors, Dana A. Robertson, Jennifer Wyatt, more

The Reading Teacher > 72 > 1 > 39 - 49

This article documents a collaboration between a second‐grade teacher and a university‐based literacy coach to implement dialogic instruction as part of a 14‐week cross‐disciplinary curriculum unit. The coach–teacher dyad used digital technologies to enhance a problem‐solving approach to coaching. The authors describe the coaching interactions, the digital tools used (e.g., e‐mail, FaceTime, text...

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What Do I Say Next? Using the Third Turn to Build Productive Instructional Discussions

Evelyn Ford‐Connors, Dana A. Robertson

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy > 61 > 2 > 131 - 139

Research has strongly supported the role of classroom talk as a valuable teaching and learning tool. Carefully crafted teacher–student discussions that encourage broad student participation and knowledge building correlate with increased knowledge generation and higher academic achievement. To better understand classroom talk as an instructional lever, researchers have identified a number of teacher...

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Mediating Complex Texts in the Upper Grades

Evelyn Ford‐Connors, Susan Dougherty, Dana A. Robertson, Jeanne R. Paratore

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy > 58 > 8 > 650 - 659

Rising expectations for middle grade students to independently read and comprehend complex, discipline‐specific texts have also raised expectations for the ways teachers will teach. Helping all students, despite assessed reading levels, to access grade level texts calls for instructional approaches that not only meet readers where they are, but also integrate three key elements: motivation and engagement,...

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Re‐Envisioning Instruction

Dana A. Robertson, Susan Dougherty, Evelyn Ford‐Connors, Jeanne R. Paratore

The Reading Teacher > 67 > 7 > 547 - 559

The adoption of the Common Core State Standards has raised the achievement ante for students, and the instructional ante for teachers, too. Across disciplines, all students, even those reading below grade level, are now expected to read grade level texts and to access texts of increasing complexity. Such access requires an instructional approach that incorporates the types of support that can make...

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Search results for: Dana A. Robertson

Unpacking and Operationalizing Disciplinary Literacy: A Review of Disciplinary Literacy Inquiry and Instruction

Disciplinary Literacy in a Second‐Grade Classroom: A Science Inquiry Unit

Keeping Students Interested: Interest‐Based Instruction as a Tool to Engage

“Let's FaceTime Tonight”: Using Digital Tools to Enhance Coaching

What Do I Say Next? Using the Third Turn to Build Productive Instructional Discussions

Mediating Complex Texts in the Upper Grades

Re‐Envisioning Instruction

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