How can I (1) engage newcomers in my discipline in cycles of inquiry? I can engage newcomers in my discipline in cycles of inquiry by not basing mathematics on specific interpretations, but instead help them to create different strategies for studying and interpreting word problems. I feel as if learning math is hard and discouraging …
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These articles are within the discipline of educational research: how are they organized? What do you think is the purpose behind their organization? (i.e., why include a “Methods” section?”) The Kirkland et al article was organized by first stating what they were planning to observe and the main question(s) they were planning their research around. …
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What claims do they make? One of the main concerns of the author was that a lot of high school students graduate at a basic or below basic level and in order to raise these levels, disciplinary literacy must be embedded into content area instruction. They mention in the article about how disciplinary literacy will …
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What do you notice about either video? How do they each relate to the concepts of disciplinary literacy and/or content area reading? What are the affordances and limitations of each approach? The video on List-Group-Label relates to the concepts of disciplinary literacy in various ways. First, they start at a basic level, where the whole …
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What are the strongest arguments for and against taking a disciplinary approach to teaching reading at the elementary levels? There are many strong arguments for and against taking a disciplinary approach to teaching reading at the elementary levels. To begin, in Shanahan’s article, she stated that just reading can only go so far. Summarizing and …
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What did Disciplinary Literacy teaching look like in a history and physics class? What might it look like in other school subjects? Disciplinary Literacy teaching in a history class looks like being able to identify patterns and themes throughout the historical timeline. While in a physics class, Disciplinary Literacy looks like students having to know …
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What is the difference between Content, Content area and Disciplinary Literacy? Content, Content Area and Disciplinary Literacy are all very different. Content is “the what”, meaning that it is the point that is trying to be put across by the author. While Content Area is the subject being taught. Disciplinary Literacy can best be described …
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