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This book presents results from a four-year project addressing the central question: What factors, challenges, and contexts contribute to and constrain literacy achievement among at-risk adolescent learners with culturally diverse backgrounds? Researchers consider the importance of several, interrelated factors that support the development of adolescents' literacies in multilingual contexts: support from educators, community groups, families, and peers; recognition of the multi-faceted complexity of literacy through multiple, complementary methods of research and assessment; approaches to p
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monografia Rebiun24446413 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun24446413 m o d | cr -n--------- 111205s2012 nyua ob 001 0 eng d 2011045001 1-280-66259-X 9786613639523 0-203-12003-5 1-136-31855-0 UPVA 997919606303706 CBUC 991001014356006712 CBUC 991003791128706714 CBUC 991010898083906709 MiAaPQ MiAaPQ MiAaPQ eng 370.117 428.0071/2 428.00712 Adolescent literacies in a multicultural context electronic resource] edited by Alister Cumming New York Routledge 2012 New York New York Routledge 1 online resource (261 p.) 1 online resource (261 p.) Text txt computer c online resource cr Routledge research in education 74 Description based upon print version of record Includes bibliographical references and index Cover; Adolescent Literacies in a Multicultural Context; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Purpose and Approach; 2. Tutoring Adolescents in Literacy: A Thematic Synthesis of Published Research; 3. Pathways to Education and Its Accomplishments; 4. Students and Their Social Networks for Literacy; 5. Reading Practices and Achievement; 6. Writing Practices and Achievement; 7. Issues in Socialization, Literacy Learning, and Educational Processes; 8. Bridging Lexical Knowledge and Literacy; 9. Tutoring in the Zone of Proximal Development 10. Summary and RecommendationsAppendices Case Studies of Seven Focal Students; A. Angel: A Resistant, Multilingual Learner; B. Hassan: An Independent Learner with Future Goals; C. Jacob: An Introverted Learner, Needing English Vocabulary; D. K-9: A Creative Student Pursuing Vocational Education; E. MMFresh: A Goal-Oriented, Multilingual Student; F. Ning: A Recent Immigrant Student; G. Peter: An Aff able, Distracted Lad; H. Score Summaries for Seven Case Study Students on Five Assessments; Contributors; References; Index This book presents results from a four-year project addressing the central question: What factors, challenges, and contexts contribute to and constrain literacy achievement among at-risk adolescent learners with culturally diverse backgrounds? Researchers consider the importance of several, interrelated factors that support the development of adolescents' literacies in multilingual contexts: support from educators, community groups, families, and peers; recognition of the multi-faceted complexity of literacy through multiple, complementary methods of research and assessment; approaches to p English Language arts (Secondary)- Social aspects- United States- Case studies Literacy- Social aspects- United States- Case studies Multicultural education- United States- Case studies Electronic books Cumming, Alister H. 1-138-78804-X 0-415-89890-0 Routledge research in education 74