Implementing Best Practice Literacy Instruction Into A Middle School Social Studies Classroom
Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: The research question addressed in this project was, how can best practice instruction support student engagement in a secondary (middle school) social studies class? It documents the topics of literacy, best practices, engagement and reading to learn strategies as compared to the current research on each of those topics. The study was done in conjunction with a website developed to support social studies teachers. Each of these areas support the guided learning that occurs in all classrooms, but specifically to the non-fiction texts that are primarily used by social studies teachers in a secondary setting. The result of the paper and website is a comprehensive approach to literacy in secondary social studies classrooms using multiple areas of research and a wide range of viewpoints
Author: Christopher J. Devine
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2883867586