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Selfe, Cynthia L. – 1987
To provide students with the literacy strategies necessary to function successfully in a technologically supported society, teachers must realize how the multilayered grammars of computers continue to affect their definition of literacy. Computer-supported writing centers are an excellent site for teachers to share ideas about this changing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Higher Education, Literacy
Jay, Hilda L.; Jay, M. Ellen – 1998
Designed for use at school or at home, this book focuses on the development of seven types of literacy: linguistic, visual, mathematical, scientific, geographic, economic, and computer. The book's suggested activities are each introduced with a detailed discussion of the necessary prerequisite skills, the concepts to be mastered, the materials…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Computer Literacy, Early Childhood Education
Hinchman, Kathleen A., Ed.; Sheridan-Thomas, Heather K., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2008
Covering everything from day-to-day learning activities to schoolwide goals, this engaging book reviews key topics in literacy instruction for grades 5-12 and provides research-based recommendations for practice. Leading scholars present culturally responsive strategies for motivating adolescents; using multiple texts and digital media;…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Adolescents, Literacy, Program Development
Buckley, William K. – 1986
Most discussions concerning whether literature should be taught in the composition classroom have concentrated on the pedagogical theories of learning how to write, instead of the economic and political reasons for the initial separation of the two disciplines. To help make people more employable in the rising service economy universities have…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Warren, Beth; Rosebery, Ann S. – 1991
An innovative instructional intervention model is presented that represents a promising approach to the education of language minority students. One of the four handbooks produced to document and disseminate the findings of the Innovative Approaches Research Project (IARP), this handbook describes the IARP model for providing science and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Computer Literacy, Elementary Education
Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2004
Most of the occupations for which students need to be prepared have not yet been designed, however, it is acknowledged that the majority of employment will be in service related fields. According to the research, the jobs most people will perform will only exist for three to five years, therefore, training for a specific job is not what is…
Descriptors: Literacy, Labor Force Development, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications