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Disciplinary Literacy : What You Want to Know About It
Author(s) -
Fang Zhihui,
Coatoam Suzanne
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1002/jaal.190
Subject(s) - discipline , literacy , perspective (graphical) , information literacy , pedagogy , critical literacy , mathematics education , sociology , psychology , computer science , social science , artificial intelligence
The recent call for a disciplinary perspective on literacy instruction in the content areas has generated considerable interest among literacy educators. This column addresses some of the questions that have been raised about disciplinary literacy. These questions concern the definition and assessment of disciplinary literacy, as well as the timing, teacher capacity, evidence base, and target audience for disciplinary literacy instruction.