Lexical standards for expository writing at Grade 3:The transition from early literacy to academic literacy

from 2002 information literacy standards to 2016 framework for information literacy for higher education

purpose: the similarities and the discrepancies of 2002 information literacy standards and the information literacy framework for the higher education published in 2016 were investigated in addition to introducing the new 2016 framework and its dominant basics such as sense-making theory and constructivism approach. methodology: in this context, information literacy documents including 2002 inf...

Evaluating web-sources: Internet literacy and L2 academic writing

Using the World Wide Web (hereinafter the ‘Web’) has become an increasingly viable way to source information in academic writing. However, the Web is a fundamentally different type of resource from conventional sources such as books and journals. This paper argues that there is a need among learners for a heightened critical awareness of web-source nuances. Specifically, although the Web contai...

Can Academic Standards Boost Literacy and Close the Achievement Gap?

About the Authors: Ron Haskins is a senior editor of The Future of Children, a senior fellow in Economic Studies and co-director of the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution, and a senior consultant at the Annie E. Casey Foundation; Richard Murnane is the Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education; Isabel Sawhill is a senior fe...

"orality in Literacy": Listening to Indigenous Writing

Resume One of the characteristics of Indigenous writing around the world may be the use of oral features as deliberate techniques in literary production. The author considers the work of Patricia Grace (of New Zealand), Sally Morgan (Australia) and Marie Annharte Baker (from Canada) in these terms. Une des caractéristiques des oeuvres indigènes autour du monde peut être l'usage des traits oraux...

Literacy - the first step to Academic Inclusion