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We Will Be Heard
Authors: Freeman Jo
Published: March 2024

In We Will Be Heard, noted political scientist Jo Freeman chronicles the struggles of women in the United States for political power. Most of their stories are little-known, but Freeman's compelling portrait of women working for change reminds us that women have never been silent in the political affairs of the nation. From J. Ellen Foster's address to the 1892 Republican Convention to Nancy Pelosi's 2007 election as the first female Speaker of the House, women have worked to influence politics at every level. Well before most could vote, women campaigned for candidates and lobbied to shape public policy. Men welcomed their work, but not their ideas. Even with equal suffrage women faced many barriers to full political participation. The fifteen case studies of women's struggles for political influence in this book provide the historical context for today's political events. Starting with an overview of when and why political women have been studied, the three sections of the book look at different ways in which women have broken barriers, practiced politics, and promoted public policy. These engaging and accessible stories are even more important in today's political climate, when a woman can finally be a front-runner in a presidential race. Readers of all political stripes will enjoy the history behind modern politics in this story of women struggling to make their voices heard.
Calculation of monolithic buildings structures taking into account the nonlinear operation of reinforced concrete
Authors: Ksenofontova T.K. , Mareeva O.V. , Verkhoglyadova A.S.
Published: March 2024

Buildings and structures made of reinforced concrete are currently designed, as a rule, under the assumption of linear work of the material. However, in accordance with the requirements of modern standards, it is necessary to take into account the nonlinear operation of concrete and reinforcement in calculations. In the research presented in the article, using the example of a building with a wall structural system, the influence of taking into account the physical nonlinearity of reinforced concrete on the operation of its structures was considered. It was received that due to the nonlinear operation, there is a prospect of a possible reduction in the calculated forces affecting the strength and width of crack opening, and, consequently, the reinforcement consumption. In addition, when taking into account the work of reinforcement in the zone of yield stresses in ceilings and walls, local plastic areas may form that require reinforcement, which are not fixed in linear calculations. The calculations were performed in the LIRA-CAD 2021 software package. The results of the calculations showed that taking into account the nonlinear operation of reinforced concrete when considering the floors of a building allows reducing the design efforts compared to calculations performed in a linear formulation by about (3 - 30)%, and when calculating walls, on the contrary, taking into account the physical nonlinearity of reinforced concrete, internal forces increase in some cases more more than twice. Taking into account the physical nonlinearity of reinforced concrete work also leads to a more correct assessment of floor deflections.
ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЕ МОТИВАЦИИ В ПРАКТИКЕ МЕНЕДЖМЕНТА
Authors: Ляшенко В.В.
Published: March 2024

В статье рассматриваются задачи мотивации в менеджменте, обозначена классификация основных видов мотивации. Особое внимание уделяется способам вознаграждения за труд работодателем сотрудников фирмы
A Survey of MCDM-Based Software Engineering Method
Authors: Mohammed Sahar , Oleiwi Abdulrahman Kareem , Thaaer kh.Asman  , Hadeel M Saleh  , Alaa Mohammad Mahmood  , Isa AVCI
Published: March 2024

Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) is an operation research subfield (OR). Decision-making is primarily a process involving various actors, including individuals, groups of individuals, institutions, and the state. As a discipline, multi-criteria decision-making is relatively new Many researchers have devoted their time to developing new MCDM models and techniques since the 1950s and 1960s, when the foundations of modern multi-criteria decision-making methods were laid. Research and development in the area have intensified recently and appear to be developing tremendously. Few attempts have been made to systematically convey the theoretical foundations and advancements of multi-criteria decision-making systems, despite the widespread and intense development. The framework for evaluating judgments and the methodological options are still up for debate. In this paper reviews of MCDM/MADM technologies will be included describing their scenarios. Making a decision that is more appropriate than others to solve a particular problem is the goal of decision-making (DM), so this study presents a review of the advantages and disadvantages of different decision-making techniques, specifically in the field of software engineering.
A Short Review on Supervised Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques in Computer Vision
Authors: Nafea Ahmed Adil , Alameri Saeed Amer , Majeed Russel R , Khalaf Meaad Ali , AL-Ani Mohammed M
Published: March 2024

In last years, computer vision has shown important advances, mainly using the application of supervised machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) techniques. The objective of this review is to show a brief review of the current state of the field of supervised ML and DL techniques, especially on computer vision tasks. This study focuses on the main ideas, advantages, and applications of DL in computer vision and highlights their main concepts and advantages. This study showed the strengths, limitations, and effects of computer vision supervised ML and DL techniques.
Digital Metamorphosis: A Holistic Exploration of the Impact and Challenges of Digital Transformation across Diverse Sectors
Authors: Dhingra Dr. Gauri , Gupta Dr. Priti
Published: March 2024

In the era of unprecedented technological advancement, this research investigates the far-reaching influence of digital transformation across diverse industries. From finance to healthcare, manufacturing, education, and more, digital technologies are reshaping traditional practices, presenting both opportunities and challenges. The chapter delves into the intricate interplay between technology and sectors, offering insights into the implications for efficiency, competitiveness, and societal advancement. A literature review highlights transformative cases in manufacturing, healthcare, finance, retail, education, and beyond, emphasizing the cross-cutting nature of digital transformation. The research methodology outlines objectives, strategies, and focuses on positive impacts, challenges, and potential solutions for diverse sectors. A sector-specific analysis provides examples of digital transformation strategies, followed by an evaluation of positive and negative impacts. The challenges section identifies common hurdles such as cultural resistance, legacy systems, data security concerns, and infrastructure readiness. The study concludes with a nuanced understanding of sector-specific digital journeys, emphasizing the need for tailored strategies and continual adaptation. The abstract highlights the complexity and opportunities inherent in navigating the digital transformation landscape, providing stakeholders with valuable insights to guide strategic decision-making
Stone deterioratins in Mardin Madrasas: The case of Şehidiye and Kasımiye Madrasas
Authors: Biçen Çelik Ayşe , Ay İlhami , Ergin Şefika , Dal Murat
Published: March 2024

Stone is a widely used building material in cultural heritage buildings due to its petrographic properties. However, changes occur on the stone surfaces of the buildings due to exposure to environmental and climatic factors. Therefore, it is of great importance to detect these changes and take measures for the long-term preservation of these structures. The aim of this study is to identify and classify the stone changes observed in Şehidiye and Kasımiye madrasahs in Mardin. In addition, the similarities and differences of the changes and the causes of the changes will be determined. The study includes the identification and classification of stone alterations based on a general literature review, visual inspection of the alterations and mapping methodology. Observed changes were identified through visual inspection, categorized as physical, chemical, biological or anthropogenic, and photographed for documentation. A mapping method was used to determine the extent of change, which involved calculating the ratio of observed changes to total façade area. The changes on each façade were then analyzed to determine their causes. The impact of the same changes on the various structures and their proportions in relation to the façade were compared.
A Single Good Mind: Collaboration, Cooperation, and the Writing Self
Authors: Yancey Kathleen Blake , Spooner Michael
Published: March 2024

This article is comprised of a collage of small segments of email conversation between the authors; it also includes fragmented quotes and diagrams. Consequently, it defies encapsulation in a typical abstract. Below is an excerpt that is perhaps the closest one might get to an abstract of this essay. This method of collaboration-which we are arguing is one in a panoply of others-is best represented by a text’s replicating it. This text speaks to its author/s’ collective intelligence, attempts to give it some definition by reference to the claims made here and the ways those claims were developed. The text, we might say, embodies collective intelligence and some of the ways, at least, that such intelligence is created. (Yancey and Spooner 60-61)
Building a Mystery: Alternative Research Writing and the Academic Act of Seeking
Authors: Davis Robert , Shadle Mark
Published: March 2024

Alternative forms of research writing that displace those of modernism are unfolded, ending with “multi-writing,” which incorporates multiple genres, disciplines, cultures, and media to syncretically gather post/modern forms. Such alternatives represent a shift in academic values toward a more exploratory inquiry that honors mystery.
Ground Rules for Polemicists: The Case of Lynne Cheney’s Truths
Authors: Lazere Donald
Published: March 2024

Proposes some ground rules for principled debating and then, from the standpoint of a leftist, evaluates two conservative critiques (Lynne Cheney’s “Telling the Truth” and John Wilson’s “The Myth of Political Correctness”) of academia in light of these ground rules.
Quixote’s Visor: A Rhetorical Turn
Authors: Green William H.
Published: March 2024

Discusses “Quixote’s visor,” a rhetorical turn that conceals a logical gap, an appeal to frustration or necessity. Suggests that the form of Quixote’s visor, the testing of a series of possibilities, is a way of deriving logical and rhetorical inferences in response to acts of questioning. Discusses two “cousins”--Sherlock’s visor and Darwin’s visor.
Persuasion Dwelt on Her Tongue: Female Civic Rhetoric in Early America
Authors: Eldred Janet Carey , Mortensen Peter
Published: March 2024

Taps research in American studies to learn more about rhetoric and writing instruction in post-Revolutionary America. Merges the separate (and gendered) histories of early 19th-century American rhetoric, breaking down the separate spheres in contemporary historical and literary scholarship. Examines civic rhetoric found in texts that represent women’s schooling.
Sideshadowing Teacher Response
Authors: Welch Nancy
Published: March 2024

Aims to redefine what happens in the margins through a practice called “sideshadowing,” adapted from Bakhtinian theorist Gary Saul Morson’s examination of narrative technique. States that sideshadowing redirects the attention to the present moment, its multiple conflicts, and its multiple possibilities. Argues for sideshadowing’s potential to transform students’ (and teachers’) understandings of what a “good” essay is.
Property Rights: Exclusion as Moral Action in “The Battle of Texas”
Authors: Anderson Virginia
Published: March 2024

Focuses on the paradoxical role played by exclusion in any attempt to create an inclusive space. Explores the nature of inclusion/exclusion dynamic in English Studies in general and more specifically in classrooms that use critical theory to address the need for social change. Concludes that the principle of exclusion is entangled with efforts at inclusion and discusses implications accordingly.
REVIEW: Structure and Possibility: New Scholarship about Students-Called-Basic-Writers
Authors: Adler-Kassner Linda
Published: March 2024

Questions the rhetoric of reproof and asserts the authors’ belief that the practice of scholarly critique is generally salutary. Hopes to stand as a testimony to the firm belief in the importance of critique in the ongoing scholarly conversation. Considers ethical problems with (and use of) the rhetoric of reproof, and ethical awareness and the scholarly conversation.
Quiet Students across Cultures and Contexts
Authors: Townsend Jane S. , Fu Danling
Published: March 2024

Discusses students (in two different settings, and both native and nonnative speakers) who were quiet in their English classrooms. Finds that dimensions of schooling which created barriers were opportunity to talk, self concepts, and texts and other course materials. Includes responses which consider how students can be helped to talk.
That’s a Nice Profession for a Girl: An Editorial
Authors: Onore Cynthia
Published: March 2024

Onore reflects on how the “real world” impacts the classroom, which was once thought of as being an environment protected from the outside. The articles in this issue are about how teaching and learning connect to the larger world.
Muted Dialogues: Seeking a Discourse for Preparing to Teach across Race, Class, and Language
Authors: McCracken Nancy Mellin
Published: March 2024

Notes that it has not been easy to find a discourse to address the ways that unexamined attitudes about race, class, language, and gender perpetuate failure in schools. Describes briefly the work of the Committee on English Education’s Commission on Teacher Education for Teachers of Urban, Rural, and Suburban Students of Color and the attempts to publish its report.
Preparing English Teachers to Teach Diverse Student Populations: Beliefs, Challenges, Proposals for Change
Authors: Rosen Lois Matz , Abt-Perkins Dawn
Published: March 2024

Argues a need for in-depth consideration of principles and practices to prepare teachers for classrooms they will face in the future. Notes problems created by the disparity between increasing student diversity and their overwhelmingly white, female English/language arts teachers. Provides an overview of the issues involved and practical ideas for programs or courses. Appends a 47-item annotated bibliography.
Why Debates about Teaching Grammar and Usage “Tweak” Me Out
Authors: Skretta John A.
Published: March 2024

“Why Debates about Teaching Grammar and Usage “Tweak” Me Out” is John A Skretta’s argument for believing in our real students’ grammatical competence as the first step toward re-visioning how we teach grammar.
Bundrens, Faulkner, and Grammar
Authors: Heller Stephen B.
Published: March 2024

Using Faulkner’s famous novel, the author spoofs grammar.
A New Grammar That Has Clearly Improved Writing
Authors: Hunter Anthony D.
Published: March 2024

In “A New Grammar That Has Clearly Improved Writing,” Anthony D. Hunter sites a study that supports “the teaching of grammar as an aid to composition” in his Sentence Sense program and contests much other research that refutes the validity of teaching grammar as an aid to composition.
Is This for a Grade? A Personal Look at Journals
Authors: Chandler Ava
Published: March 2024

Rejects grading student journals. Describes various approaches to journal writing evaluation the author used with her students and approaches used by her professors when she returned to school. Questions the educational process of grading student journals. Discusses how to create real dialog.
Encouraging Student Writers: Reversing Roles in Senior Composition
Authors: Hamilton Jill
Published: March 2024

Discusses a teacher’s reactions when a student commented on the teacher’s short story. Discusses dealing with feedback, the vulnerability of writers, and attitude changes. Claims that writing with students shifted the focus of the teacher’s writing instruction and the focus of students’ writing.
The Little Standards that Couldn’t
Authors: Maloney Henry B.
Published: March 2024

Traces the public furor that greeted the National Council of Teachers/International Reading Association’s “Standards for the English Language Arts.” Discusses responses to criticisms. Argues that the language in the “Standards” is flat; the standards are meant to be guidelines, not mandates; and the emphasis was on process.
Don Gallo: The Godfather of YA Short Stories
Authors: Crowe Chris
Published: March 2024

Presents an interview with Don Gallo, editor of seven anthologies of short stories and one collection of plays, and author or editor of seven books about young adult fiction for teachers and scholars.
Chris Lynch
Authors: Chad Fleming
Published: March 2024

Reviews the work of an increasingly prominent writer of young adult literature, Chris Lynch, whose gritty realism has made him an object of both controversy and admiration.
Insults to the Soul
Authors: Ohanian Susan
Published: March 2024

Argues against the current penchant for national testing. Argues against the notion that national tests will turn unfit teachers into fit ones. Notes that parents do not send the schools standardized children and that standardized tests are not what will make a nonreader into a reader. Argues that many good books are ruined by prematurely forcing them on kids.
The Quiet Girls
Authors: Greenwood Cathleen F.
Published: March 2024

Discusses some Japanese cultural concepts and student behavior that grows out of them. Suggests a number of classroom techniques that recognize and accommodate these cultural concepts while helping Japanese learners adjust to American classrooms.
Put the Egg Back Together Again: English through Other Disciplines
Authors: Czajkowski Katrine
Published: March 2024

Describes the author’s experiences teaching interdisciplinary English in three different configurations: one-woman English/social studies integration; one-woman English/mathematics integration; and two-women English/math/social studies integration. Discusses activities, successes, and failures of each, and shows how all three contribute to her belief that interdisciplinary English is a worthwhile pursuit.
Rainbow Teachers/Rainbow Students: Who’s New in Multicultural Literature
Authors: Hardy Lyda Mary
Published: March 2024

Describes how a multicultural unit was added to a high school American literature course, noting that this necessitated selecting a large number of new books for the school library. Discusses goals of the multicultural project and its main interpretive assignment. Describes briefly selected works by four new African American writers and four new Asian American writers.
From the Secondary Section: What Difference Do Standards Make?
Authors: Close Elizabeth A.
Published: March 2024

Available in print version only.
Beyond the Bookroom: Modern Literature, Modern Literacy, and the Teaching of E. Annie Proulx’ The Shipping News
Authors: Greenbaum Vicky
Published: March 2024

Notes that the author likes to involve her students in the evolving literary canon. Uses “The Shipping News” (E. Annie Proulx, 1993) as a model to illustrate why and how a new book enters the classroom. Describes introducing it, analyzing sentence structure in voice, character analysis, metaphor, writing assignments, and other teachers’ experience.
Bedside Table: Action: Creating Tension
Authors: Buehler Marilyn K.
Published: March 2024

Available in print issue only.
The Promise and Problems of English On-line: A Primer for High School Teachers
Authors: Layman Huntington
Published: March 2024

Outlines the major issues and dilemmas regarding the Internet and education. Discusses in detail both its promise (with regard to communication; references and resources; publication; hypertext; hypertext and reading; hypertext and writing; and hypertext, image, and sound) and its problems (inappropriate and inaccurate materials, educational distractions, and expense). Suggests five guidelines to help schools exploit the technology’s potential strengths.
Bill and Gus Go Fishing: Discovering “Tintern Abbey” Along the Banks of the River Why
Authors: Shoemaker Jan
Published: March 2024

Describes how pairing Wordsworth’s poem (“Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”) with a contemporary novel (“The River Why” by David James Duncan) makes the classic poem come alive for students. Argues that, regardless of the poem, Duncan’s novel is ideally suited for classroom study.
Photography: Honorable Mention: Moon Rise
Authors: Turpie Jeanine
Published: March 2024

Available in print version only.
New Teachers: Reaching Out to New Colleagues: Ideas From One NCTE Affiliate
Authors: Reissman Rose
Published: March 2024

Describes some of the activities of the New York City Association of Teachers of English designed to reach out to new colleagues. Describes a survey of the needs of new teachers, as well as in-depth interviews with 11 new K-12 teachers. Discusses plans for supporting new teachers based upon these findings.
Short Fiction: Honorable Mention: Violet Memories
Authors: Freeman Nancy
Published: March 2024

Available in print version only.
Poetry: Honorable Mention: The Secret Life of Ernesto
Authors: Greenwood Cathleen F.
Published: March 2024

Available in print version only.
Poetry: Honorable Mention: Eastern Standard Time
Authors: Brooks James
Published: March 2024

Available in print version only.
Check Out the Real America: Many Hued, Many Tongued, and Many Storied
Authors: Fairbrother Anne
Published: March 2024

Describes how a high school English teacher went looking for and found Mexican-, Filipino-, African-, European-, and Native-American Literature, in order to bring all her students’ worlds and voices into the classroom. Argues that all students must be included in an education that socializes them to a multicultural rather than a monocultural America.
Mission Impossible
Authors: Scholes Robert
Published: March 2024

Robert Scholes takes a humorous poke at the not-so-funny externally imposed standards, standardized testing, and anti-intellectualism in the classroom and in the culture threaten how we teach high school English.
A Love Affair with American Literature
Authors: Petersen Sue A.
Published: March 2024

Sue A. Petersen discusses how she changed her approach to teaching American literature from a teacher-centered, just-the-classics, new critical approach course for future English teachers to a student-centered, broad-based, reader response literature class designed to hook kids on reading and literature. Peterson includes the booklists from her “seminars” on American literature.
From the Secondary Section: One Teacher’s Journey to Professionalism
Authors: Delfino Charleen Silva
Published: March 2024

Shares insights of an English teacher gained through a variety of teaching experiences. Describes how the Bay Area Writing Project provided effective strategies to improve the teaching of writing.
From the Secondary Section: Are You Married to Your Work?
Authors: Solis Ed
Published: March 2024

Describes reasons the author is happy to be married to a fellow English teacher. Suggests that such spouses can support each other’s devotion to the profession and understand each other’s time commitment and share this important part of their lives.
Get Real: Violence in Popular Culture and in English Class
Authors: Holmes Marsha Lee
Published: March 2024

Argues that English teachers should open classroom doors to the world’s violence in order to examine, interpret, and reduce it, focusing critical inquiry on the subject of violence. Describes how, in the author’s English classroom, the study of violence in popular culture compels critical inquiry as students research what they know about violence in popular culture.
The Ada Valley Simulation: Exploring the Nature of Conflict
Authors: Mindich Daniel
Published: March 2024

Describes a complex role play used in a high school English class in which students take on roles from a simulated society with three distinct ethnic groups with differing interests and demands. Describes how students learn the hard truths of group dynamics in this extended role-play, discussion, and negotiation.
Selecting Topics for Research Writing Projects
Authors: McKenna Barbara J. , McKenna John J.
Published: March 2024

Notes research findings showing that student-selected topics do not result in better student writing. Discusses the importance of knowledge for writers, the three sources of knowledge, and avoiding unworkable topics. Argues that the teacher’s active involvement in the process of topic selection and development ensures good research writing. Discusses some useful ideas and frameworks for topics.
Exploring Linguistic Diversity through World Englishes
Authors: Kubota Ryuko , Ward Lori
Published: March 2024

Presents the rationale and basic concepts for teaching about World Englishes. Describes a sample instructional unit based on the pilot project the authors conducted in a public high school in North Carolina, in which they provided instruction in linguistic diversity once a week for seven weeks. Includes activities and resources for these seven one-hour sessions.
Virtually Being There: Creating Authentic Experiences through Interactive Exchanges
Authors: Sipe Rebecca Bowers
Published: March 2024

Describes an email writing partner exchange between preservice teachers and high school students in a tenth-grade English class and from various disciplines across the school, designed to help students develop conversations about writing as a tool for learning across the curriculum. Outlines ground rules for the project, and discusses issues that provided teachable moments. Discusses benefits and offers suggestions.
“No Such Thing as an Expert”: Learning to Live With Standards in the Classroom
Authors: Casteel Julie , Roop Laura , Schiller Laura
Published: March 2024

The standards developed in the Michigan project come to life as teachers appropriate them into their daily classroom instruction.
When Assessment Is Inquiry
Authors: Stephens Diane , Story Jennifer , Aihara Kittye , Hisatake Stephanie , Ito Bette , Kawamoto Carrie , Kubota Sandi , Mokulehua Jocelyn , Oka-Yamashita Susan , Omalza Sally , Tsuchiyama Elaine , Yamate Fran , Yoshioka Elaine , Yoshizaki Lynn , Yoshizawa Dianne
Published: March 2024

How we think about issues in language arts education is every bit as important as what we think. This article describes a process for assessing children’s reading that has proved useful to a number of teachers with whom Diane Stephens has worked.
Research as Duet: Teachers with Complementary Literacies Study Orality’s Links to Literacy
Authors: Bianchi Lisa Lenz , Cullere Barbara A.
Published: March 2024

A primary goal of language arts educators is to help children develop their skill in composition. But as this research shows, to help all children become better composers, we must involve them in authentic oral, as well as written, composition.
“And They Wrote Happily Ever ”: Literature-Based Mini-Lessons in Writing
Authors: Lunsford Susan H.
Published: March 2024

A classroom teacher tells how she learned to design mini-lessons that suited the needs of her primary-grade writers.
Ice Numbers and Beyond: Language Lessons for the Mathematics Classroom
Authors: Whitin Phyllis E. , Whitin David J.
Published: March 2024

Using metaphorical language to teach math concepts can enliven student interest and understanding, infusing math instruction with real-life validity.
Story Time as a Magical Act Open Only to the Initiated: What Some Children Don’t Know About Power and May Not Find Out
Authors: Gallas Karen
Published: March 2024

What does it mean when a student is not interested in story time? Here is one teacherresearcher’s exploration of story time and what it says about equity and educational opportunity.
It’s About Time: The Literacy TopPics Awards
Authors: Swafford Jeanne , Chapman Valerie , Kallus Mary , Rhodes Robyn
Published: March 2024

The self-appointed Literacy TopPics Academy examined five years of recent Language Arts articles to show us what was most often written about in LA, and they make recommendations for topics that deserve considerable attention in the future.
Horror: To Gratify, Not Edify
Authors: Dickson Randi
Published: March 2024

Examines R.L. Stine’s “Goosebumps” series, and investigates why children (including the author’s two daughters) like them. Explores the lures of the horror fiction genre. Suggests that the attractiveness of the genre can be found in books more rewarding in literary terms, such as those by John Bellairs. Offers suggestions about the parent’s role in this process.
The Precarious Place of Self? Selected Reading
Authors: Worthy Jo , Moorman Megan , Turner Margo
Published: March 2024

Finds that the 35 middle-school language-arts teachers studied agreed that Self Selected Reading (SSR) is an important way to improve students’ reading attitudes and achievement, but that their schools rarely provided funds for buying student-preferred materials, and that finding time for SSR was difficult because of the pressure to prepare for tests and cover skills.
“Duckville” and Other Tales
Authors: Harris Pauline , Trezise Jillian
Published: March 2024

Illustrates how examination of children’s “condensed” utterances can reveal the emergence of complex thought processes. Shows how these expressions, often brief and easily overlooked, when negotiated and probed by the teacher, reveal multiple connections, the drawing of analogies, divergent frames of reference, intertextual discontinuities, and intertextual metaphor.
“Serious” Learning: Language Lost
Authors: Fu Danling , Townsend Jane S.
Published: March 2024

Researchers Fu and Townsend compare the learning and writing experiences of a child during his kindergarten year (with frequent immersion in reading and writing activities in their writing workshop) to his first-grade year (with worksheets and decontextualized exercises), critically examining such “serious” literacy learning that lacks a real audience and a real purpose for students.
Looking into Complexity: Revisiting and Revising during Classroom Research
Authors: Ackland Robert
Published: March 2024

Examines the range of meanings evoked by a particular photograph as a means of challenging readers to consider the complexity of teacher research.
What Counts as Teacher Research? An Essay
Authors: Raphael Taffy
Published: March 2024

Describes the “Book Club Plus Inquiry Group,” a group of classroom teachers and university teacher educators in Michigan involved in practitioner research. Offers perspectives from the group on the question of what counts as teacher research. Concludes with a model of their conception.
Exploring Critical Literacy: You Can Hear a Pin Drop
Authors: Harste Jerome C. , Leland Christine , Ociepha Anne , Lewison Mitzi , Vasquez Vivian
Published: March 2024

This article focuses on texts that have the power to engage students in “critical” conversations about issues of power and social justice.
Just a Jacket on the Floor?
Authors: Miller Carole , Preece Alison , O’Mara Joanne
Published: March 2024

Describes a drama lesson in which a class of grade-one students spent one and a half hours engaged with second-year elementary education student teachers. Illustrates the power of drama to deeply engage students in a range of language arts activities.
Golden Tickets
Authors: Juster Elizabeth H.
Published: March 2024

Texts of imagination, school, and home … Juster asks us to consider the now and then of school literacy and its connections to children’s pasts and futures.
Outstanding Nonfiction Choices for 1998
Authors: Aoki Elaine , Jensen Julie , Kerper Richard M. , Nathan Ruth , Pa Karen
Published: March 2024

Offers brief descriptions of 20 outstanding nonfiction for children, including the 1999 Orbis Pictus Award winner, and four Orbis Pictus honor books as well as a number of other outstanding nonfiction titles dealing mainly with history and biography.
The (Un)Making of a Reader
Authors: Foley Margaret M.
Published: March 2024

Through looking critically at the underpinnings of “story mapping, a teacher uncovers a contradiction between the author’s definition of reading as a constructive process and the reductionist nature of story mapping, which she shows inhibits students’ potential to explore a diverse range of personal responses by promoting comprehension over response, uniformity over diversity, and control over freedom.
The Place of Bible Literature in Public High School English Classes
Authors: Wachlin Marie Goughnour
Published: March 2024

Historically, the Bible has occupied a prominent—though sometimes disruptive—position in American education. The 1963 Bible study benchmark case, Abington v. Schempp (1963), ruled that the Bible is worthy of study, and that such study is constitutional. Both religious and educational organizations support a literary study of the Bible in public schools because it is great literature and because it is foundational for understanding Western culture. The purpose of this study was to determine the current, actual place of Bible literature in high school English classes and the reasons that affect its place.

The study used quantitative and qualitative methods: survey, interviews, and observations. It included observations of three models of teaching Biblical literature: a) a full-year elective course, b) a required grade unit, and c) a Bible unit in a humanities course.

The study found that Bible literature seems to play an extremely small role in high school literature programs. While 81% of high school English teachers reported it was important to teach some Bible literature, only 10% taught a Bible unit or course. High school textbooks average one fourth of one percent (.260%) from the Bible. Though 55% of college English instructors personally recommended that secondary English majors take a Biblical literature course, only 38% had done so. The wide gap between recommended study and actual study of the Bible is filled with misinformation, contradictory attitudes, and confusion. Two problems of teaching Bible literature are: dealing with religious beliefs and non-beliefs of teachers, parents, and students; and overcoming ignorance. Some college professors, administrators, English department chairs, and librarians did not know what Bible literature was taught in their schools or that teaching Bible literature was legal.
Writing Conferences and the Weaving of Multi-Voiced Texts in College Composition
Authors: Patthey-Chavez G.G. , Ferris Dana R.
Published: March 2024

The inquiry posed two basic research questions: a) Could changes in student writing be tied to conferencing, and b) Could the status of the student (weaker or stronger student, native or non-native speaker) or the type of writing course (general freshman composition or specialized genre-specific course) be tied to any systematic differences in the conferencing process or its outcome? This study tracked the discourses generated by 4 teachers around a set of their teacher-student writing conferences. They collected copies of first drafts, tapes of their conferences, and copies of subsequent drafts from one stronger and one weaker student, for a total of 8 students and 32 texts. All students revised their papers in ways indicating that the conference had had an effect on their revision process. The findings indicate that what is ostensibly the “same” treatment does not generate the same response from all students. They also indicate that the divergent backgrounds students bring to instructional events have a structuring effect that cannot be dismissed solely as teacher bias and self-fulfilling prophecy
Genre Development and Learning: Children Writing Stories, Science Reports, and Poems
Authors: Kamberelis George
Published: March 2024

Explores children’s working knowledge of narrative, scientific, and poetic genres. Finds that children had significantly more experience with narrative genres than either scientific or poetic genres; and possessed more knowledge of text structure than micro-level features such as cohesion markers. Contributes to theorizing genre learning as a complex, contingent, and emergent process of differentiation and integration.
Editors’ Introduction: Reading, Reduction, and Reciprocity
Authors: Smagorinsky Peter , Smith Michael W.
Published: March 2024

In search of criteria that characterize the research most likely to have an impact in the field of literacy research, the editors include reduction and reciprocity. Writers and readers build a reciprocal relationship - one in which the writer and author are in tune with one another - when the writer considers the processes in which the reader is likely to engage to comprehend the text. Reduction is one such process. Arguments that include images, metaphors, or phrasings that help readers reduce the text become the most memorable and the most influential in the field.
Pulling Your Hair Out: Crises of Standardization in Communal Writing Assessment
Authors: Broad Bob
Published: March 2024

Explores how writing instructors at “City University” grappled with crises of standardization in evaluation of students’ portfolios. Details the two most severe experiences in multiple breakdowns in the project of standardization: crises of textual representation and crises of evaluative subjectivity. Examines conflicting interpretations (psychometric and hermeneutic) of City University’s crises.
Using Feedback Groups and an Editorial Board in a WAC Classroom
Authors: Healy Dave , Jensen Murray
Published: March 2024

An English instructor and a science instructor collaborate to inject real-world experience into an introductory content classroom.
An Interview with Peter Elbow
Authors: Peinado Kelly
Published: March 2024

Peter Elbow reiterates his philosophy of teaching writing, including to start with personal and experiential writing, to look more at how the writing does and doesnâ€™t work rather than the "quality" of the writing, to use lots of freewriting.
Knowing Learning Styles Can Improve Self-Confidence of Developmental Writers
Authors: Houston Linda
Published: March 2024

Contends that developmental writing students’ self confidence improves when they understand their learning styles. Outlines how the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is used to pinpoint students’ learning styles and how to help students work "their way."
Instructional Note –Coping with the Research Paper
Authors: Profozich Richard
Published: March 2024

Describes how the author used sequenced assignments (and a range of other strategies) to engage students in genuine inquiry; to remove as much of the fear as possible from the research process; and to put the emphasis on process, not on product.
The Need to Understand ESL Students’ Native Language Writing Experiences
Authors: Dong Yu Ren
Published: March 2024

Investigates English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students’ native literacy-learning experiences, via written learning autobiographies of 26 students from at least eight different countries. Discusses writing instruction in students’ native languages; most satisfying writing assessment in their native languages; and differences between writing in their native language and English. Draws five conclusions for ESL instruction.
White Students’ Resistance to Multicultural Literature: Breaking the Sullen Silence
Authors: Ruzich Constance M.
Published: March 2024

Describes a writing assignment in which students study and imitate the language of a minority author. Discusses how the assignment helps negotiate conflicts when students resist multicultural literature, as their creative responses mediate between themselves and works they might otherwise find foreign and antagonistic.
An Interview with Ira Shore-Part II
Authors: Tinberg Howard
Published: March 2024

Presents Part II of an interview with Ira Shor reflecting on the state of community colleges since the 1960s. Discusses how the most important thing to teach is critical inquiry and critical literacy, to study something in a methodical way and to communicate knowledge gained with articulate depth to a real audience. Outlines 13 goals for schooling and society.
INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE : A Brief Writing Assignment for Introducing Non-Sexist Pronoun Usage
Authors: Hayes Christopher G.
Published: March 2024

Presents and describes a narrative writing assignment used by the author in a developmental writing course that helps to demonstrate to students how and why sexist language usage can limit thinking, sometimes injuriously, and that concretely illustrates how language and gender stereotyping interact causally. Describes the assignment, how it is used in class, and class discussions resulting.
Liberating Students through Reader-Response Pedagogy in the Introductory Literature Course
Authors: Tucker Lois P.
Published: March 2024

Discusses how reader-response activities combat lack of interest in introductory literature courses. Considers the value of a reader-response approach, activities which liberate students, a student-driven syllabus, and pragmatic concerns. Notes how employing a reader-response approach in the introductory literature course helps maintain the student interest and involvement necessary for a good course.
Professional Voices/Classroom Portrait: Writing in the Social Studies Classroom
Authors: Kathy Griffin
Published: March 2024

Describes a nine-week South Dakota history unit for junior high school students that incorporated writing for learning. Describes the eight writing assignments that were the key activities of this unit. Concludes that writing helps students comprehend, apply, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information.
Flowers on the Wall: Human Rights, One Story at a Time
Authors: Rief Linda , Hall Chris
Published: March 2024

Describes how, after studying the Holocaust and other human-rights issues in their eighth-grade language-arts classes, students felt compelled to create a permanent memorial and reminder. Discusses how the project unfolded from finding and shaping an idea, collecting stories from around the nation, crafting the mosaic and the flower garden, and finding words for the experience in their writing.
Coming of Age: Making connections
Authors: Hinebauch Susan
Published: March 2024

Describes how one 8th-grade English language arts teacher works to keep her students as the primary focus in her curriculum. Discusses how she uses a class council to connect with literature, discuss upsetting issues or incidents, and solve problems. Outlines activities that further the social and emotional learning component of her curriculum.
Literacy by Design: Why Is All This Technology So Important?
Authors: Wilhelm Jeff
Published: March 2024

Explains why being able to use the latest electronic technologies has everything to do with being literate. Argues that hypermedia design has particular strengths that help to support student literacy development. Shows how hypermedia design is easily adaptable into current school structures and constraints. Describes how students in a design curriculum inquire and experiment together to design a good product.
Language’s Landscape of the Mind
Authors: Tracy Janet
Published: March 2024

Describes how the author’s 6 middle school students living in a village in the Yukon, 100 miles off the road system just below the arctic circle, enthusiastically wrote stories or poems about their lives. The students shared their works via an online electronic conferencing system with students from the unimaginably different landscape of the American Southwest.
Young Adult Literature: An Entrée into the Joys of Reading
Authors: Van Horn Leigh
Published: March 2024

Notes how adolescents through young adult literature begin to discover the meaning behind the words and to explore their own emotions. Describes the use of small groups and an introduction of the concept of a literacy community. Discusses a whole-class reading and response to S.E. Hinton’s novel “The Outsiders.”
JOGOS POPULARES NAS AULAS DE EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA NOS ANOS INICIAIS NO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL EM ESCOLAS RIBEIRINHAS DE BAGRE-PÁ
Authors: Pureza Jeziel Corrêa , Lourinho Lana Pereira
Published: March 2024

Os jogos populares e tradicionais nas aulas de Educação Física desempenham um papel crucial na vida das crianças. Neste contexto, será trabalhada o tema “Jogos populares e tradicionais nas aulas de Educação Física nos anos iniciais no ensino fundamental em escolas ribeirinhas de Bagre-PÁ”. Que terá como norte a seguinte investigação: Como ocorre os jogos populares e tradicionais nas aulas de Educação nos anos iniciais no ensino fundamental em escolas ribeirinhas de Bagre-Pá? Tendo como objetivo principal analisar como ocorre os jogos populares e tradicionais nas aulas de Educação Física nos anos iniciais no ensino fundamental em escolas ribeirinhas de Bagre-Pá. Quanto a metodologia da pesquisa, a mesma baseia-se em pesquisa de campo através de entrevista por meio de questionários de caráter explicativo e abordagem mista, buscando compreender as relações e os motivos por trás das práticas pedagógicas relacionadas aos jogos populares e tradicionais nas aulas de Educação Física nos anos iniciais no ensino fundamental em escolas ribeirinhas. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que a inclusão de jogos populares e tradicionais nas aulas de Educação Física oferece benefícios significativos para o aprendizado e o bem-estar das crianças ribeirinhas. Ao longo deste trabalho, evidenciamos a riqueza cultural e pedagógica dessas práticas, observando como elas podem contribuir para o desenvolvimento integral dos alunos.
ESTÁGIO SUPERVISIONADO EM EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA NO ENSINO MÉDIO: experiências e reflexões
Authors: Pinheiro Marcelo Viana , Fonseca Olielma Martins
Published: March 2024

O objetivo desta pesquisa foi investigar as vivencias pedagogicas na Escola de Ensino Médio Dom Pedro I, localizada na cidade de Porto de Moz-Pará. A metodologia da pesquisa de acordo Gil (1999) e Prodaneve e Freitas (2013) foi de abordagem qualitativa com nivel de pesquisa descritiva. Foi realizada uma pesquisa de campo e a tecnica de coleta de dados foi a tecnica de observação e o diario de campo. Os dados foram analisados atraves da analise de conteudo de Bardin. A pesquisa seguiu a Resolução 510/2016. O estágio supervisionado III, realizado como parte do curso de Licenciatura em Educação Física na Universidade do Estado do Pará, foi uma experiência tecnica pedagogica na Escola Estadual de Ensino Médio Dom Pedro I. Durante o estágio, pude vivenciar a prática educacional, compreender desafios do ensino médio e desenvolver habilidades de orientação e docência.