66.024 - Exploring Interdisciplinary Possibilities With Literacy Linkages in Urban STEM Schools

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

With increased poverty rates, calls for greater rigor in education, and the need for students to be college and workplace ready for the demands of the 21st century, demands for performance place a premium on demands for time in school settings. Integration of content areas can open up opportunities for making the most of time, while deepening learners’ content knowledge and interest. But what is needed for success? There has been very little research in this area. Researchers will describe their successes and challenges in integrating literacy with science or social studies. The sites of the three studies presented in this symposium are STEM schools in highly urban areas, and the settings are early childhood, middle school, and high school.

Sub Unit

• Division C - Learning and Instruction / Division C - Section 3a: Learning Environments

Chair

• Emily Pendergrass, Vanderbilt University

Papers

• STEM With Roots: Embedding Academic Vocabulary Instruction and Practice With Digital Tools in the Preprimary and Primary-Grade English Language Arts Block - Kathleen A. Roskos, John Carroll University; Catherine A Rosemary, John Carroll University

• Global Literacy: Integrating Social Studies and Literacy in an Urban, STEM Middle School - Kathy Ganske, Vanderbilt University; Emily Pendergrass, Vanderbilt University; Blaine Elizabeth Smith, University of Miami

• To Integrate or Not Integrate Literacy? That Is the Question: Secondary STEM Teachers' Use of Literacy Strategies in the Classroom - Kirsten K. N. Mawyer, University of Hawaii - Manoa

Discussant

• Nell K. Duke, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor