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What is New Literacies Theory

Chapter 7
Handbook of Research on Human Development in the Digital Age
A body of research involving the multiple ways in which social beings interact through digital technologies. New Literacies continually broaden the definition of literacy to include ways of communicating meaning beyond text.
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Self-Efficacy and Persistence in a Digital Writing Classroom: A Case Study of Fifth-Grade Boys
Jessica S. Mitchell (University of North Alabama, USA)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 28
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2838-8.ch007
Abstract
Utilizing a New Literacies perspective, the purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the digital writing experiences of one classroom of fifth-grade boys. Research questions for this study included the following: (1) What features of the digital writing environment impact student expressions of confidence in their abilities as writers? (2) How do expressions of confidence align with performance for students who are the least persistent in digital writing tasks? (3) How do expressions of confidence align with performance for students who are the most persistent in digital writing tasks? Through an embedded analysis, eight confidence features were identified. Compared against a holistic analysis of individual focal student experiences, this chapter provides two student vignettes to illustrate the differences between high-persisting and low-persisting students in a digital writing classroom.
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Second Graders' Perceptions on Writing Identity: Working Through a Digital Writing Process
Acknowledges the variety of ways people can communicate through technology and is used as a theoretical framework to broaden one’s understanding of literacy to include more than print text.
Published in Chapter: Second Graders' Perceptions on Writing Identity: Working Through a Digital Writing Process; From: Handbook of Research on Writing Instruction Practices for Equitable and Effective Teaching
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