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An Exploration of Professional Knowledge Needed for Reading and Responding to Student Writing

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ID4307556
AuthorsEllen Ballock (Gordon College, Wenham, MA, USA, corresponding author), Vicki Mcquitty (Towson University, MD, USA), Scot Mcnary (0000-0001-9150-6282, Towson University, MD, USA)
Year2018
Volume69
Issue1
Pages56-68
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Teacher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4871 • E-ISSN: 1552-7816
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022487117702576
OpenAlexW2610460977
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited31

This study explored the knowledge elementary teachers need for one core practice: reading and responding to students' writing. Forty-five preservice teachers read and responded to an elementary student's narrative writing sample. Using teacher noticing as a framework, we first decomposed the practice into five components indicative of differences in teachers' attention to writing features, reasoning about those features, and suggested responses. We used multiple correspondence analyses to investigate potential underlying relationships among components and developed cases to highlight one underlying relationship that was found. The findings indicate reading and responding draws upon teachers' pedagogical content knowledge. More specifically, it draws on both knowledge of content and students and knowledge of content and teaching

Knowledge level · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Narrative · Pedagogy · Reading (process · Sample (material · Student teacher · Teacher education · Teaching method · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Writing and Handwriting Education

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Citations per year2.29
Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 16

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