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Disciplinary Literacy in Elementary School: How a Struggling Student Positions Herself as a Writer
Author(s) -
Håland Anne
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1002/trtr.1541
Subject(s) - discipline , norwegian , literacy , pedagogy , mathematics education , psychology , sociology , linguistics , social science , philosophy
This article focuses on disciplinary literacy and how a struggling writer in a Norwegian classroom positions herself as a disciplinary writer when given model texts. The study explores how model texts can scaffold students’ disciplinary writing and give them the opportunity to position themselves as disciplinary writers in lab reports and factual storybooks. The analysis of one struggling student's writing shows how she uses disciplinary language features and how she understands disciplinary literacy.