University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Reading online for research purposes in a middle school science classroom

Mills, Erin Michaela

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Title
Reading online for research purposes in a middle school science classroom
Author(s)
Mills, Erin Michaela
Issue Date
2023-11-30
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Kalantzis, Mary
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Kalantzis, Mary
Committee Member(s)
  • Pak, Yoon
  • Cope, Bill
  • Kang, Hyun
Department of Study
Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp
Discipline
Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ed.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Multimodal reading, Reading online, Literacies practices, Middle school students,
Abstract
This dissertation investigated how students made decisions about the value and meaning of multimodal sources as they read online for research purposes. It aimed to shed light on this experience to inform pedagogical practice and add to the growing body of literature on the new literacies practices of students. Reading increasingly takes place online and adolescents are found to be engaged with devices that connect them to these contexts at astonishing rates. Understanding students’ reading practices in such contexts can equip teachers to teach in light of student understanding and prepare students for the literacies skills needed for today’s reading contexts. Through a qualitative, single case study employing think-aloud protocols and screen recordings of seven eighth-grade students in a science class, findings emerged. The findings indicated the online context qualitatively impacted the reading practices of the participating students. As a result of this study, recommendations are made for instructional design that aligns learning outcomes with instructional practices by accounting for the ways the internet can affect the reading process.
Graduation Semester
2023-12
Type of Resource
Thesis
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2023 Erin Mills

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