This volume details the development and initial evaluation of a supplemental literacy course intended to support at-risk high school students in the US. Developed using design based research (DBR), the course combines argument writing and knowledge building literacy routines to support academic literacy development.
Autorentext
Margaret Sheehy is Associate Professor in the Department of Literacy Teaching and Learning at the University at Albany, USA.
Donna M. Scanlon is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Literacy Teaching and Learning at the University at Albany, USA.
Inhalt
1: Understanding the Need for Supplemental Literacy Instruction in High Schools
2: Theories and Research that Informed Argue Like A Lawer Design Decisions
3: How we used Design Based Research to Design Argue Like A Lawyer
4: The Pilot Year of the Design Based Research Project
5: How the Argue Like A Lawyer Activity System Supported Argument Writing in One Classroom
6: A Case Study of One Student's Writing Development across the Semester
7: Learning from Design Based Research about Argument Writing in a Supplemental Literacy Course for Ninth Graders at Academic Risk