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Peer reviewedMahar, Donna – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2001
Considers how adolescent discourse patterns outside of school can illuminate the stance students take in the classroom. Presents a narrative of two seventh-grade students, both marginalized by the academic and social aspects of school. Notes how in attempts to be accepted, both boys used the power of language to establish a dominant stance in the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Cultural Differences, Grade 7, Language Usage
Peer reviewedChandler-Olcott, Kelly; Mahar, Donna – Reading Research Quarterly, 2003
Explores early adolescent girls' use of digital technologies in their literacy practices. Highlights the technology-mediated literacy practices of two seventh-grade girls. Discusses two major themes which emerged from data analysis: the centrality of multimedia popular culture texts in the girls' technology-mediated designing; and the importance…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Mediated Communication, Females, Gender Issues
