This study examines the writing of adolescent Pacific Islander girls who, during a community-
based workshop, drafted statements of purpose (SOP) for scholarship applications. Pacific …

This study was a yearlong investigation over writing instruction with one class of ninth grade
students in an urban,“underperforming” high school. Using qualitative methods with …

Developing the high levels of reading proficiency necessary to navigate the secondary
curriculum is challenging for ELLs, but it is an essential component of academic success in …

The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological Dissertation in Practice was to
understand teachers' experience with the creation and use of visuals and leveled texts …

In response to the need to tie teacher effectiveness to student learning outcomes, many
school districts began to implement value-added models such as the Marzano Teacher …

ESL researchers (Case et al., 2005; Sidek, 2012) have highlighted a neglect in the field to
examine ESL textbooks for lessons about literacy while literacy researchers (Molle, 2015; …

Objective: The purpose of this research was to find difficulties English learning in high
schools. To these order 823 high school students who was studying in Bandar Abbas City in …

Drawing on critical pedagogy and sociocultural theories (SCT) of learning and literacy, this
dissertation explored the relationship between recently arrived (or newcomer) Latinx …

Third grade general education teachers, particularly in Florida, will teach English learners
(ELs) in their classroom who must participate in their English Language Arts writing classes …

Implications This study has important implications for educational practice. Education
stakeholders should actively seek to establish high-quality programs in which immigrant …