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The dynamics of literacy acquisition and learning: focusing on gifted learners in a language arts-art collaborative class

Kelley, Linda
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1117561280

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2005, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Educational Theory and Practice.
This case-study research focuses on the dynamics of literacy acquisition and learning in a language arts-art collaborative class designed to address the curricular needs and abilities of eighth-grade students identified as gifted and/or highly motivated. Basing the curricular design on the social situatedness of literacies, three teacher research participants developed a framework for exploring literacies first from student research participants' personal perspectives, then extending observations and explorations to other diverse cultures. Data from written texts, art pieces, dialogic interviews, reflective journal entries, class discussions and observations, and audio/videotapes provided descriptive information that served as a basis for analyses addressing questions related to explaining the dynamics that impact and confound the act of doing writing. Conclusions indicate that curricular design based on relevant, purposeful questions provides unity to literacy instruction. In addition, a balance between instructional scaffolding and teacher-student collaboration characterizes effective educational practice – facilitating appropriately challenging differentiation in the instruction and acts of doing writing.
Caroline Clark (Advisor)
394 p.
social situatedness of literacies; literacy acquisition and learning; writing instruction and curricular design; gifted language arts

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  • Kelley, L. (2005). The dynamics of literacy acquisition and learning: focusing on gifted learners in a language arts-art collaborative class [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1117561280

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kelley, Linda. The dynamics of literacy acquisition and learning: focusing on gifted learners in a language arts-art collaborative class. 2005. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1117561280.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kelley, Linda. "The dynamics of literacy acquisition and learning: focusing on gifted learners in a language arts-art collaborative class." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1117561280

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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