Poster #24 - For Love or Money: A Case Study of High School Students' Digital Close Reading Practices

• In Event: 25.087 - MTCC Poster Session Four
  In Poster Session: 25.087-4 - Youth, Power, Reflection, and the Word

Abstract

Little research exists to guide educators who are trying to help their students closely read digital media, despite the resurgence of close reading instruction and calls to incorporate digital literacies in the classroom. This ethnographic case study seeks to address this gap by exploring 6 high school students’ digital close reading practices out of school. Cultural-historical activity theory guides analysis of students’ interviews and surveys, and findings suggest that these teenagers pursue digital close reading in the service of self-directed learning and social connection. When designing digital close reading instruction, educators might emphasize student-driven purposes for reading, learn about students’ digital reading practices, and encourage students to offer ideas for instructional innovations.

Author

• Amy Koehler Catterson, Alder Graduate School of Education