Innovative Methodological Approaches to Literacy Motivation Research

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

In this symposium session, three literacy scholars explore innovative research methods: Q-methodology, digital ethnography, and QuantCrit. Each presenter will outline the key features of these methods and discuss their potential in analyzing the reading motivation of a fictitious adolescent reader named Zion.

Content Area

• AREA 11. Research Methods, Practices and Theory

Chair

• Bong Gee Jang, Syracuse University

Discussant

• Kristin Conradi Smith, William & Mary

Individual Presentations

• Q-Methodology: A Mixed-Methods Approach - Sara Jones, Illinois State University

• Examining Situated Reading Motivation Through Digital Ethnography and Video Elicitation - Sarah Elizabeth Jerasa, Clemson University

• Quantitative critical race theory (QuantCrit) - Bong Gee Jang, Syracuse University