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Lopez, Carolina G.; Musanti, Sandra I. – NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
This study provides an in depth look at how middle school English language learners (ELLs) negotiate their identity as readers and writers as they engage in an identity-oriented unit of instruction. Drawing on theories of identity, identity negotiation, and transformative pedagogy, this study contributes to the field by exploring how a teacher can…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 6, English Language Learners, Language Arts
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Jeffery, Jill V.; Wilcox, Kristen – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
This research embedded in the National Study of Writing Instruction examines higher- and lower-achieving adolescents' stances toward content-area writing through a qualitative discourse analysis of interviews with 40 students in California, Kentucky, New York, and Texas secondary schools. The study asked: (1) How do students' stances toward…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Writing Instruction, Discourse Analysis, Middle School Students