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Friesen, Doug; Simon, Rob – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2021
In this article, we describe how eighth-grade students and teacher candidates used sound and listening to remix and attune themselves (Stewart, 2011) to the dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury (2011). We situate our sound inquiries in relation to critical literacy (Vasquez, Janks, & Comber, 2019; Wargo, 2019) and sound…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Literature Appreciation, Science Fiction
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Jiang, Shiyan; Smith, Blaine E.; Shen, Ji – Interactive Learning Environments, 2021
Previous research illustrates the collaborative nature of adolescents' multimodal composing processes. However, few studies have specifically focused on how different modes influence student interactions over time. This study examines how multiple modes (e.g. text, music, visuals, and animations) mediated middle schoolers' composing processes as…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Interaction, Peer Relationship
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Jiang, Shiyan; Shen, Ji; Smith, Blaine E. – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
The current K-12 educational system often does not engage students in interdisciplinary learning. To address this need, we developed an integrated STEM + L (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Digital Literacies) afterschool programme in which middle school students took discipline-specific roles (writer, scientist, artist, and engineer)…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, After School Programs, STEM Education, Middle School Students
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Katherine E. Batchelor – English Education, 2018
This article describes the results of a study that examined middle school students' written revisions as well as attitudes and perceptions regarding revision when paired with transmediation. Existing research on revision is thin on transmediation's affordances and students' voices regarding revision. Situated within a social semiotic, multimodal…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Writing Instruction, Revision (Written Composition)
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2019
For the forty-second time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes. Volume 1 contains papers dealing…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods