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Making "Fahrenheit 451" "Come to Life": Sound Inquiries with Youth and Teachers
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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
Examining How Different Modes Mediate Adolescents' Interactions during Their Collaborative Multimodal Composing Processes
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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
Designing Discipline-Specific Roles for Interdisciplinary Learning: Two Comparative Cases in an Afterschool STEM + L Programme
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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
Middle School Writers' Attitudes and Beliefs on Revision Paired with Transmediation during a Flash Fiction Unit
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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)
Out-of-School Time Science Activities and Their Association with Career Interest in STEM
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Dabney, Katherine P.; Tai, Robert H.; Almarode, John T.; Miller-Friedmann, Jaimie L. L.; Sonnert, Gerhard; Sadler, Philip M.; Hazari, Zahra – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2012
Spurred by concerns about an inadequately sized science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce, there has been a growing interest in out-of-school time (OST) science activities as a means to foster STEM career interest. This study examines the association between OST science activities and STEM career interest in university…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Extracurricular Activities, Science Activities, Vocational Interests