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Download full textLi, Jia; Snow, Catherine; White, Claire – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2015
Modern teens have pervasively integrated new technologies into their lives, and technology has become an important component of teen popular culture. Educators have pointed out the promise of exploiting technology to enhance students' language and literacy skills and general academic success. However, there is no consensus on the effect of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Technology Uses in Education, Literacy Education, Urban Schools
Urban Adolescent Students and Technology: Access, Use and Interest in Learning Language and Literacy
Direct linkLi, Jia; Snow, Catherine; White, Claire – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
Adolescents today have vastly different opportunities to learn and process information via pervasive digital technologies and social media. However, there is scant literature on the impact of these technologies on urban adolescents with lower socioeconomic status. This study of 531 urban students in grades 6-8 used a self-reported survey to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Urban Areas, Grade 6, Grade 7
Lawrence, Joshua F.; White, Claire; Snow, Catherine E. – Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners, 2011
This brief describes a quasi-experimental study of Word Generation, conducted in public middle schools in Boston. Word Generation is a robust vocabulary intervention that is implemented across key subject areas. The purpose of the program is to enhance students' vocabulary in support of improved reading comprehension. The brief outlines the…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Vocabulary, Intervention, Middle School Students
