Literacy education reform in secondary schools

Reform of literacy education at the secondary school level has been cited as a need to effect change in secondary students' literacy achievement (Applebee, 1984; Boyer, 1983; Greenlaw & Moore, 1982). Recent studies and reports challenge traditional conceptualizations of reading as proficiency in grammar word attack and literal comprehension. They argue that constrained writing tasks such as check marks and one-word or limited responses may serve teacher accountability but not students' text production or writing ability. The consensus among researchers studying literacy and representing several disciplines, including cognitive psychology, sociolinguistics, educational anthropology, and social psychology is succinctly summarized by Robinson (in press). He states

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• Secondary school contexts of reading and writing instruction

  Gladys Knott•Theory Into Practice•1986

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