What Students Say
"I sent a letter home [to my elementary students' parents], but I spent a lot of time angsting about how to [...] show enthusiasm but competence, respect but authority in a short letter that also made me very available to all the parents in the classroom. [I tried] presenting myself as someone who came from a very educated background but [who] also wasn't intimidating, [and really worked to write the letter] in Spanish, knowing that I really wasn't capable of doing that on my own, so having one of my friends help me with that. The need of being able to [communicate] ideas in different languages is definitely present in education, and honoring the diversity of different students by being able to communicate in those different languages is definitely a huge priority of mine."
Drama/Human Biology Major; Graduate Student, Education
New Research
Paul Rogers' dissertation examining a sample of academic writing from 40 study participants provides insights into the multidimensional, non-linear development of student writing, including a possible predictor variable for student writing growth.
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In the Press
Please click on the links below for press coverage of the Study.
--"Clive Thompson on the New Literacy." Wired Magazine.
--"A New Literacy" The New Yorker.
--"Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers" The Chronicle of Higher Education.
--"Bad Student Writing? Not so fast!" The Chronicle of Higher Education.
--Interview on "The Agenda with Steve Paikin" for TVO (Discussion)
--"The New Literacy: Stanford Study Finds Richness and Complexity in Students' Writing" The Stanford Report.
Awards
We were delighted that "Performing Writing, Performing Literacy", written collaboratively by Study researchers and participants, was recognized with the 2006 Richard Braddock award.
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