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Mallia, Julie A.; Pawloski, Don; Daisey, Peggy – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2012
Writing allows students to clarify their thinking. Through the process of writing, students recognize what they know and what they still need to learn. This article describes how a middle school mathematics teacher and language arts teacher worked with a secondary content area literacy professor during a specific writing assignment. The "How-to"…
Descriptors: Expertise, Writing Assignments, Content Area Reading, Writing Exercises
Daisey, Peggy – Online Submission, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore 72 preservice teachers' attitudes toward and experiences with sharing their content area as well as their recreational reading with teenager students. Methodology: Preservice teachers who were enrolled in a required secondary content area literacy course at a Midwest university, including 49 in a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary Education, Recreational Reading, Adolescents
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Daisey, Peggy – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2012
Secondary preservice teachers (N = 67) in a required content area literacy course and 30-hour field experience presented tradebooks, biographies, as well as pre, during, and after reading lessons based on topics in their content area to middle and high school students. At the end of the semester, they were asked to complete an anonymous survey.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary Education, Content Area Reading, Field Experience Programs
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Daisey, Peggy – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2010
Teacher educators need to identify course pedagogy to improve instructional use of reading. Thus, the purpose of this study was to describe the favorite reading experiences of 82 secondary preservice teachers of diverse subject areas through their drawings and words. Another purpose was to report their reflections regarding the implications of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Educators, Teaching Methods
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Daisey, Peggy – Reading Horizons, 2009
The purpose of this study was to describe secondary pre-service teachers' past reading experiences, present attitudes and beliefs about reading, their attitudes and beliefs about a required content area literacy course, and their predicted use of reading in future instruction. Secondary pre-service teachers (N = 124) of diverse subject areas…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Content Area Reading, Experience, Teacher Attitudes
Daisey, Peggy – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2009
Writing affords students an opportunity to clarify their thinking. Through the process of writing, students recognize what they know and what they still need to learn. Teachers need to provide positive writing experiences that promote student enjoyment, as well as help students to express themselves with clarity and power. The ability of a teacher…
Descriptors: Role Models, Content Area Reading, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction